> Hi Sanjay. > > On 07/09/09 23:36, sanjay nadkarni (Laptop) wrote: > > Jack Schwartz wrote: > >> Hi everyone. > >> > >> An installer may require a special driver (that > is, a driver not > >> delivered by default) to reach an unusual > installation disk or storage > >> medium, if that installer is to be able to install > on truly any system. > >> Likewise, there may be other special devices for > which a driver is > >> normally not installed, but for which a driver is > required. > >> > >> Installers will need to support the use and > installation of drivers not > >> delivered by default, both to the system they are > installing, and to > >> their own installation environment (booted while > the installer is > >> running). The latter may be required to reach the > installation > >> medium to complete the installation. > >> > >> The effort to make this happen will be known as > the Driver Updates > >> Project. > >> > >> A proposed problem statement: > >> "All OpenSolaris installers must be able to > install on any system, > >> regardless of any unusual devices a system has > (storage devices, in > >> particular) and the drivers required to operate > those unusual devices, > >> as long as those drivers are available. All > OpenSolaris installers > >> should make it as easy as possible to locate > trusted and reliable > >> drivers for all devices." > > The use of the word "unusual" is rather awkward. > I suggest rewording > the problem statement to capture the key issues > explicitly. As I see > > it, the key issue is that device drivers needed to > instantiate a > > device may not be on the install media. This could > occur for various > > reasons, such as closed drivers, third party > drivers or support for > > the new devices was added after the media was > published. To enable > > support for these cases, the ability to > asynchronously deliver drivers > > needed for install critical. This is why DU is > required. > Thanks for your input. Eloquently put. Here's a > revision: > > All OpenSolaris installers must be able to install on > any system. Yet > there could be a device driver which is not part of > the installation > media, which is needed to operate a system device. > This could occur for > arious reasons: the driver could be closed or third > party, or could be > support for a new device which was added after the > media was published. > To enable support for these cases, the ability to > deliver drivers from > locations other than the installation media for > install is critical. > OpenSolaris installers should make it as easy as > possible to locate > trusted and reliable drivers for all devices, > including drivers which do > not exist on the installation media." > > Please let me know any additional feedback sometime > today.
How does this new project relate to the existing driver update facility in x86/x64 Solaris? Will this new project be targetting both SPARC and x86/x64? Thanks Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
