Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 01:54:02PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > Thorsten Sauter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > | alpha.sh from partitioner relies on the srm_env module. Please add it > > > | to some core modules udeb. > > > > no idea about alpha machines, but what about the comment line in > > > alpa.sh? > > > > > # Load srm_env.o if we can; this should fail on ARC-based systems. > > > > (modprobe srm_env || true) 2> /dev/null > > > Thats why the possibly failure to load the module is hidden. All non > > srm based systems should fail to load this and the script shouldn't > > stop. > > > This part should actually be moved into arch-detect I think. > > Is it needed for anything else?
You mean srm_env? Yes, it's used to get the system language setting by srm-reader. > Can partitioner depend on arch-detect being run first? Can you > depend on the user not having manually unloaded the module from the > second console after arch-detect runs ;P, or will arch-detect be > able to pass this information to partitioner in some other way? I have no clue. It would be sensible if this information would be generally available somewhere. We could also detect it by grepping for "system serial number.*MILO" in /proc/cpuinfo, though. -- Falk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]