[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #4447: Driver blacklist
- From: "Disreali" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:29:12 -0000
#4447: Driver blacklist
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Reporter: MrSunshine | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: System/Boot Loader | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by Disreali):
That would be nice to have, but not easy to implement. IIUC, what you are
talking about is a function of the desktop-environment/window-manager that
happens after the OS has already loaded. On many modern *nix distros, it
can seems like the OS and DE are one in the same, but they are not. A
*nix system OS would most likely load fine. The graphical environment is
completely separate, and GNOME and KDE have the benefit of a much larger
developer base to have created such a useful fallback function that you
describe.
Haiku does not have that separation of OS and DE. How is Haiku supposed
to know that the driver does not work? You can't know until you try to
boot Haiku and have problems. Then you are stuck, Haiku doesn't boot.
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