Building dell_rbu module

Major Hayden major at mhtx.net
Thu Aug 13 19:58:57 UTC 2015


On 08/13/2015 03:08 PM, Jon Stanley wrote:
> Why would we not want it by default? The Dell firmware update stuff
> doesn't work without this. I'd want it enabled by default - it's in
> the CentOS/RHEL kernel by default, and I'd think we'd want the same
> user experience of the firmware updates Just Working(TM).

I phrased that poorly.  I meant let's *enable* it during kernel builds and build it as a module by default.

However, I don't feel like the module should be automatically loaded without user interaction.  First off, that bugzilla ticket looks ugly and I'd hate to see that happen again.  Second, most folks probably aren't flashing their BIOS on a daily basis. ;)

Does that make sense?

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Major Hayden


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