Shawn Walker wrote: > Dave Miner wrote: >> Jack Schwartz wrote: >>> Hi everyone. >>> >>> The Driver Update Use Case document has been uploaded to: >>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/Driver_Update/use-case-summary.latest.txt >>> >>> >>> >>> This describes how Driver Update additions would look from a user >>> point of view, for live CD GUI, text installer, and AI. >>> >>> This has already gone through a few iterations with Frank and others, >>> and should be fairly complete, so it should be pretty solid. >>> >>> Please send comments or questions over the next couple of days, if any. >>> >> The solution described in use case 1 is rather un-GUI-like. I'd suggest >> discussing this with Frank, and considering more of a wizard-style >> design. Or perhaps that's what you're trying to describe, and the >> terminology just doesn't jibe. >> >> The solution in use case 3 tries to infer format based on the attributes >> specified, and misses existing and future options. For example, it's >> possible to install SVR4 packages from an http URL, and IPS will have an >> on-disk format in the future. I strongly recommend making declaration >> of package type explicit, if that's necessary, or have it automatically >> resolved by your solution based on a recognition of the location's >> format (which may be relatively simple). You mention a compatibility >> requirement for DU packages, but I'm unclear how you expect to make that >> determination. > > I also question the support of SVR4 packages given that many of them no > longer install correctly on OpenSolaris 200x releases because of bad > assumptions they make (such as the existence of /usr/ucb/ commands). > > Is there going to be special logic in place that analyzes and transform > the SVR4 package content into an IPS package and then uses IPS to > install it? >
That seems, um, difficult. > SVR4 package support is fairly minimal at the moment, and is deprecated > or obsolete (not sure of the 'official' terminology). Why even support > it at this point? > Because that's the format some drivers are available in. Yes, we have all sorts of ISV/IHV engineering teams fired up to get them converted to IPS, but I'm favoring adoption over purity. Dave
