http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445#c1 Stephan Binner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P1 - Urgent |P5 - None --- Comment #1 from Stephan Binner 2009-11-17 04:55:53 UTC --- Please read http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/Definitions#Bug_Priorities -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445#c3 Jiri Slaby changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jslaby@novell.com --- Comment #3 from Jiri Slaby 2010-08-23 16:06:48 UTC --- (In reply to comment #0)

Overview: Devices drivers updates are impossibles, because drivers are built in the kernel and not as modules.

Which drivers exactly? It is built-in to speed up the boot process.

Actual results: All builtin drivers could NOT be updated by just a driver update compiled for this kernel flavor and installed as my-driver-update.ko in /lib/modules/<kernel>/updates.

Why would you update single drivers? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445#c Jiri Slaby changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |webmaster@geomaticien.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445#c5 --- Comment #5 from Jiri Slaby 2010-09-03 19:20:17 UTC --- (In reply to comment #4)

I encountered these problem

What problems exactly?

It's NOT a good idea to have drivers built'in just to speed up the boot process because the price to pay is too heavy : unusability of OpenSuse with many hardwares.

If you want to have highly modular kernel, don't use kernel-desktop. Kernel-desktop is optimized for desktops and has some modules built-in to speed up booting. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445#c7 --- Comment #7 from Jiri Slaby 2010-09-03 20:55:16 UTC --- (In reply to comment #6)

If OpenSuse maintaineers fails to have built'in support for touchscreens, at least, you should NOT built such modules in the kernel, for reasons exposed above.

Once again, could you specify which modules you try to add and which you don't want to be built-in? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445#c9 Jiri Slaby changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED InfoProvider|webmaster@geomaticien.com | Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #9 from Jiri Slaby 2010-09-10 12:28:52 UTC --- (In reply to comment #8)

BUT the fondamental problem is not restricted to one specific module : the real problem is to force some users to recompile a whole kernel just to support some now commons hardwares.

No, it's not a problem, updating modules is simply not supported. And if you still want to do it on your own risk, you can use kernel-default. Or you may add a patch to your own OBS home project with kernel-desktop. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548445#c11 Daniel FAIVRE changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | --- Comment #11 from Daniel FAIVRE 2010-09-12 18:11:53 UTC --- Updating modules is supported on other distros, like Ubuntu. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.