Jack Schwartz wrote: > 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 various 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. > Please add "locate and install drivers". "Trusted" is a loaded term. I think what you mean is "known" or do you mean "signed" as in digitally signed. If so why is this a requirement ? For example, an external contributor could set up a repo and provide a driver. The user may decide to either choose or ignore that location.
-Sanjay > Thanks, > Jack > >> -Sanjay
