Hi everyone.
Andre and I talked today about Driver Update testing, specifically which
kinds of drivers are most important to test. Andre mentioned disk (or
target media), network and video drivers.
We both agree that target media drivers are the most important, because
without target media, you can't install. Period.
We both agree that testing either wired or wireless network card drivers
accomplishes the same thing, since both present a similar pathway to the
net from the system. Network drivers installed via DDU could be
important if the network is unavailable and the driver is available on a
USB stick or other local medium, for live CD case and text-mode
installer if NWAM can make use of the driver/device right away. (AI
probably can't make use of this, as there is no interactive environment
for the user to set it up and NWAM isn't going to be running.)
I'm thinking that video drivers are not important in testing. Live CDs
will already have a working video driver. Text-mode installer won't
need it for installation as it has a working console already, and AI is
non-interactive. Video drivers can be installed by the installer
itself; using the DDU is not helpful here.
Comments?
Thanks,
Jack
