[driver-updates] [RFC] Automatic driver package resolution

[Jon Masters]

Michael E Brown wrote:

> Will do. Can't do RHEL5 because <redacted>, but certainly for RHEL5.1.

So shall we just file a BZ for this then :-)

jcm>> Add it to the redhat/find-provides script

> Ok. I will send you a patch shortly.

Cool.

>>> Next, where did you want to add a GUI for this? What did you envision it 
>>> looking like? Can I help out on this one?
>> I envision a similar experience to that e.g. a Windows user could get 
>> when they insert a new device and get a dialog that walks them through 
>> finding a driver for it - this requires:
>>
>> * A central online, independent database to provide "hints" about third 
>> party repo locations. I already planned for this to use modalias 
>> information, along the lines of your proposal - thanks for doing that 
>> work! We don't want to be in the business of hosting. I talked to Matt 
>> and a few others about this and will work on a proposed standard to kick 
>> of conversation on this in due course - I want to involve Dell, SuSE, 
>> IBM and others who have expressed an interest in being involved.
>>
>> * Hooks for udev/hal. We need a client/server that listens to messages 
>> on the SYSTEM bus and notices when we don't have a driver for a device. 
>> If we don't have one, then we kick up a fuss with a dialog but split 
>> this in two so a GUI Desktop is not *required*. Think NetworkManager. I 
>> also want this tool later to allow configuration of depmod.d configs so 
>> we can override the search ordering of installed drivers and allow a 
>> user to replace one driver with another - think "hardware manager".
> 
> Ok. Thanks for the overview. Sounds very sane. I'll take a look at this.

Cool. I know it sounds sane, but that's because I've not gone into it 
too much so far - I'm sure I can make it much more convoluted if I just 
put my mind to it.

>> Yeah. First test was negative...but it might just be too early. My gf is 
>> positive for mono though and I've never had it before so... :-)
> 
> I think we all know the solution to this problem.

Yeah. But it's the previous exposure that I'm worried about and the 
incubation period - and the fact that I have symptoms. I've read that 
mass quantities of folate/vitamin C can help so I've added that to the 
list of medications I'm taking...and way too much coffee too.

Jon.