On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 02:26:20PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > ramdisk package list has no support for per-flavour module selection, and > > > you > > > have to end up with stuff like the netboot64 list, which has as sole > > > usage to > > > add the ibm power hypervisor and virtualization modules, all an ugly mess. > > > > Something to improve. No argument for or against your proposal. > > I thought I'd respond to this, not because it's the first case of Sven > posting incorrect information to this thread, but because it's one of > the more egrarious. > > Quoting debian-installer/build/README: > > * 'pkg-lists' has subdirectories for the different image types that list > udebs that are put on each image. The pkg-lists/*/common files list > udebs common to all architectures, and the files named by architecture > (<arch>.cfg) list udebs specific to an architecture. It is also possible > to include udebs only on a specific subarchitecture by creating a > directory for the architecture and putting config files for the > subarchitecture there (<arch>/<subarch>.cfg). > > If you take a look at pkg-lists/netboot, you'll find things like: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src/d-i/installer/build/pkg-lists/netboot/arm>l > ads.cfg netwinder.cfg nslu2.cfg > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src/d-i/installer/build/pkg-lists/netboot/sparc>l > combined.cfg sparc32.cfg sparc64.cfg > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src/d-i/installer/build/pkg-lists/netboot/mipsel>l > bcm947xx.cfg cobalt.cfg r3k-kn02.cfg r4k-kn04.cfg sb1-bcm91250a.cfg > > In fact, powerpc is the only architecture to use unnecessary hacks like > netboot64, cdrom64, and netboot-apus.
Ah, if i remember well, it was you (or Colin maybe ?), who suggested me the netboot64 and cdrom64 as the only solution for that problem. I think since then that the virtualization modules could be added to the normal netboot/cdrom powerpc flavours, with the ? optional flag. This was not existent when those flavours first got created though. I was going to do that, but as you kicked me out of the d-i team ... > I'd be very happy if someone who cares about powerpc subarches and can read > and understand documentation like the above could clean this up (if such a > person exists). If even yourself are not able to understand it, and thus gives bogus advice, i guess you will find nobody. Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
