On Sun, 2010-10-31 at 14:29 +0200, Andrew wrote: > > P.S. Also there is a new question against package management: I included > pptp kernel module into accel-pptp package (and made modifications to > scripts - to avoid duplication of modules in packages and moddb); also I > planned to do same thing with other ppp-related modules - so we will > provide different packets, but users will not have headache with module > adding or, instead, moddb will not be overloaded by non-common modules. > So I need an opinion: is it good solution, or we must include modules > only in moddb as earlier?
IMHO, understanding Packages versus Modules can be difficult for LEAF novices, so we should aim to be very consistent in how these are handled and documented. With 3.x it was essential to understand Modules, since they had to be identified and insmod'ed manually, in the right sequence. With 4.x the automation of hardware module loading, modprobe etc. is a big step forward, and IMHO, important for wider adoption of BuC. (On Fedora, SUSE etc. I don't need to worry about Modules, so why should that be different on BuC?) Personally, I vote for keeping Modules and Packages separate - i.e. Modules only in moddb.lrp and modules.tgz, never in package.lrp - and loading the right Modules by other means. For example, aiccu.lrp needs tun.ko which in turn needs crc32.ko. These are not currently in the initial moddb.lrp and they cannot be "auto-detected". It would be cool if loading aiccu.lrp automatically added missing entries to /etc/modules and updated /lib/modules, in the same way that it would be cool if loading aiccu.lrp automatically loaded lpthread.lrp. See e.g. my enhancement request for Package (and Module) auto-loading: https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/leaf/ticket/2 davidMbrooke ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
