[brussels-dev] [clearview-discuss] clean driver removal
Peter Memishian
peter.memishian at Sun.COM
Thu Nov 1 12:22:07 PDT 2007
> > Shouldn't the subsequent reconfigure boot automatically do the equivalent
> > of delete-phys?
>
> I'm not sure if that's an answer or yet another question :) I think the
> distinction between package script and appending commands to upgrade
> profile is nonessential in this context. The issue is whether there is
> some existing magic in the system that a driver developer can leverage
> or should he create his own magic.
I don't follow. In this context, removing the driver that supports a
given piece of hardware is similar to removing the hardware itself -- the
kernel will no longer find the networking hardware on subsequent
reconfigure boot and thus its configuration will be blown away.
--
meem
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