On 10/07/09 13:17, Dave Miner wrote:
> Jack Schwartz wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Certainly.
>
>> 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 think you're oversimplifying the AI case here since we are
> supporting bootable AI media. It seems likely that applying driver
> updates to that via a boot to single-user, or in multi-user after AI
> fails (followed by a restart of AI) is as useful as any other
> environment.
True. Just because AI is non-interactive doesn't mean there aren't ways
of hands-on interacting with the system itself.
>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Video drivers typically have both a kernel component and an X "driver"
> component, so it's not clear that the current media architecture would
> support updates for these, but I'd suggest talking to Alan Coopersmith
> to get his thoughts.
OK. Thanks for the tip.
Thanks,
Jack
>
> Dave
