Adam Di Carlo wrote: > That's true, but a more generalized point is that more and more > hardware (sparc, ultrasparc, powerpc, dunno about the rest) support > openfirmware or openboot, and it's possible to traverse the > openfirmware device tree with pretty damn good results. I don't think libdetect knows anything about openfirmware. Do you know of any hw detection code that does? > This is relevant to a number of what I consider pretty major > weaknesses in the Potato installation system, such as detection of > whether we want an SMP kernel, proper configuration of mouse devices > on powerpc/sparc, proper detection of CD-ROM for the purposes of > generating the /dev/cdrom link, etc. -- see shy jo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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