rfc/headsup: graphics driver packaging in F16+

[Adam Jackson]

On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 13:48 -0400, Nathaniel McCallum wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 13:38 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> > But then, if we had _that_, comps could grow a fourth class for
> > "as-needed" and we'd just list all driver packages there, including cups
> > and webcam drivers and etc.  Install image creation would pull them all
> > in; anaconda would filter the available as-needed's based on target
> > hardware.
> > 
> > In that scenario you'd still need to do manual selection of some driver
> > packages for critpathness, but, okay.
> 
> With this approach, you have lost a critical feature: the ability for
> you to change your hardware (or move the software bits to a different
> computer) and have everything automatically work.

Assuming pk actually had this feature, the next time you booted pk would
happily tell you about what driver you're missing.

- ajax
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