On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 08:39:26PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, 2006-11-26 at 23:11 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > >> Indeed, but i guess that with etch now soon supporting 2.6.18 kernels, all > >> apple powerpc hardware will be supported. At least this is one benefit of > >> apple going over to intel :) > > > > Heh :) > > > >> Johannes, actually this is a different issue, > >> [...] > > > > Alright, I guess that's what I get for ignoring initramfs and all that > > for too long :) I always was under the impression that the installer > > would write those required files to make it work in the installed > > system. > > Well, it's right and wrong. Those modules don't need to be available > while booting but be loaded just after init is being run (I might be > wrong here) but if I got right there's a problem on 2.6.18 kernel that > doesn't instruct udev to load them and including them on > initramfs-tools/modules or /etc/modules is a nice workaround for the > problem. > > Am I wrong?
Indeed, but somewhere in initramfs, there is a place where additional modules are loaded, and this loads i2c-powermac and therm_pm72 right now, but not the windfarm modules. We could do an initramfs hook package which would provide suitable stuff there, or include it in initramfs proper. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
