[arch-dev-public] 3.13 packages in testing

Thomas Bächler thomas at archlinux.org
Mon Jan 27 04:36:41 EST 2014


Am 26.01.2014 19:37, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
>> So, should we just apply the patch and leave it as a module, or should
>> we make it built-in again and close
>> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/27555 as "Won't fix"?
> 
> So I'm obviously biased, but I'd prefer if we kept this as a module.
> Given the problem you ran into, I see two options: inform about the
> possible need to force-load the module in a post-install message (if
> we work from the assumption that it will be a rare issue). Or, if the
> problem appears to be more wide-spread, simply ship a modules-load.d
> fragment that will load the module. This will at least will give
> people the option to mask the fragment if they don't need the module
> to avoid the boot-delays (and spurious error message in dmesg).

For the moment, I'll upload the kernel with the fixed aliases and see
what happens. It is no problem to revert to built-in before we move to core.


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