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[nealbirch <nealbirch AT attbi.com>]

nealbirch wrote:
> Eric Sandall wrote:
> > Anyways, it is true that some
> > things (alsa-drivers, lm_sensors, etc.) need to be compiled after you 
> > have
> > booted into the new kernel.  We talked a little about this before, but no
> > solution presented itself.
>
>
> I keep looking at /etc/init.d/sorcery.sh and wondering what the heck 
> it's doing in there if we don't use it.

I was thinking on this on the way home from work and maybe this could 
actually be used in this way:

Instead of having kernel POST_INSTALL re-cast  installed kernel 
dependent spells, export the names to /usr/sbin/sgl.install. this would 
require changing one line in the POST_INSTALL.
from:

cast $KERNEL_MODULE;

to:

echo $KERNEL_MODULE >>/usr/sbin/sgl.install;

(It might be smart to check if the file sgl.install already exist and 
remove it if it does.)

We rewrite /etc/init.d/sorcery.sh and "ln -s" it to be the last thing 
evoked in /etc/rc3.d and /etc/rc5.d.

Rewritten something like this:

#!/bin/bash
# /usr/bin/sgl.install
# reinstall packages that add their own modules
# from list generated after kernel is cast

KERNEL_MODULE=`cat /usr/sbin/sgl.install`

for spell in $KERNEL_MODULE; do
        cast $spell
done

rm -f /usr/sbin/sgl.install
depmod -a
echo "appropriate message"
#end

Any thoughts on this?

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