Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Should we use something like libhardware?

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:

>>Found this package: http://www.badpenguin.org/pub/software/libhardware/
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>>Its purpose?  Well, from freshmeat:
>>It provides functions to access information about your system hardware, to
>>detect the hardware, and to handle kernel modules automatically. It is able
>>to enumerate all PCI devices, enumerate all EIDE disks and CDROMs, enumerate
>>all SCSI disks and CDROMs, enumerate all EIDE/SCSI disk partitions, and
>>check if a detected device is supported in the Linux kernel using a custom
>>PCI database. It can also handle USB devices. The included shell scripts
>>'probedisk' and 'probepart' detect disks, CDROMs, and partitions. The
>>included 'scanmodule' utility allows you to detect devices and load their
>>kernel modules automatically
>>
>>Why do I think we should include it?  So that we can stop having to have
>>people figure out which module to load for their ethernet card!  Also, it
>>will handle loading the right sound drivers - for those people who want to
>>have sound on their Devil-Linux.
>>
>>Other choices?  Of course - the program that Knoppix uses, whatever Red Hat
>>uses (anaconda?), etc.
>>    
>>
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>I think we need something, but I haven't done any research to know which
>one would work best for us.
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I agree, we need something.

>I like the sound of "shell scripts" in this one, since out "setup"
>program is a shell script.  
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Yes that would be important.

>Feel free to include it, as far as I'm concerned.
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Volunteers?

Heiko