Suggestion to simplify initial kmod-nvidia install (w/script correction)

[Nicolas Chauvet]

Thx for the suggestion, this message has been forwared on the "RPM
Fusion developers discussion list" for public audience.
Please answear there instead.(once subscribed).

Few answears:
- setsebool will not be needed anymore (exept for the nvidia-smi
binary on x86 which is only used for tesla hardware).
- Creating a separate initramfs is probably the way to go. But I
wonder if that could be implemented as a dracut plugin instead, and
then generalised to others alternate proprietary drivers.
- There is improvements needed for a new  packaging scheme that will
split installation and usage for proprietary driver. (it doesn't mean
the driver is installed that the driver is meant to be used).

2009/11/28 Walter Francis <wally at theblackmoor.net>:
> Bleh, just discovered that redhat-lsb is not installed in all paths, so
> probably better to use /etc/rpm/macros.dist to get the release number...
> Sorry for the spam, just didn't want to leave you with something that would be
> broken on Live installs.
>
> BTW, someone mentioned that the sebool stuff is probably better done outside
> of a postinstall script, but I'm no spec writer so I leave that up to you.
> ;-)  Just suggestions here on what would be very nice to have done, how it's
> actually done is better decided by you.  :)  Unless I find any other glaring
> mistakes I'll stop spamming you, hope I haven't been a bother.
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> if getsebool allow_execstack | grep -q off; then
>      setsebool -P allow_execstack on
> fi
>
> # create new initrd/initramfs if necessary
> if lsmod | grep -q nouveau; then
>        release=$(awk '/^%fedora/{print$2}' /etc/rpm/macros.dist)
>        if [ $release -gt 11 ]; then
>                # use new-kernel-pkg to create the initramfs and create a new
> boot entry (see below)
>                /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd --dracut
> --initrdfile=/boot/initramfs-`uname -r`-nvidia.img
> --banner="Fedora NVidia" --make-default --install `uname -r`
>        fi
>        if [ $release -lt 12 ]; then
>        # non-dracut, use initrd filename, no --dracut
>                /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --mkinitrd
> --initrdfile=/boot/initrd-`uname -r`-nvidia.img
> --banner="Fedora NVidia" --make-default --install `uname -r`
>        fi
> fi
>
> --
> Walter Francis
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