Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Jan 2008 06:45:05 -0800 (PST) | From | david@lang ... | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/5] USB Kconfig: Select SCSI for USB Mass Storage support |
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On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Adrian Bunk wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 01:18:48PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> I'm afraid this can't be put into practice. (User says which hardware >>> and protocols he needs to be supported, scripts magically assemble a >>> suitable configuration.) >> >> Distribution installers and live CDs like Knoppix even manage to >> magically assemble a suitable configuration (e.g. autodetecting which >> modules they should load) without asking the user any questions. > > Module autoloading is quite different.
but if boot scripts can figure out what modules to autoload, why can't scripts be written to figure out what drives to build into a system?
David Lang
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