From unknown Thu Jun 12 08:38:37 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#31887 <31887@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#31887 <31887@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Modules missing to boot on VMWare Reply-To: bug#31887 <31887@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:38:37 +0000 retitle 31887 Modules missing to boot on VMWare reassign 31887 guix submitter 31887 Taylan Ulrich Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer severity 31887 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jun 18 16:59:07 2018 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Jun 2018 20:59:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55361 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fV1Ex-0000zz-HC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:59:07 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35474) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fV1Ev-0000zW-CE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:59:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fV1Ep-0002om-7X for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:59:00 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_EXCESS_BASE64,HTML_MESSAGE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:52956) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fV1Ep-0002og-39 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:58:59 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54655) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fV1Eo-0001sn-0U for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:58:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fV1En-0002ma-5b for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:58:58 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-x234.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::234]:33089) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fV1Em-0002ld-T6 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:58:57 -0400 Received: by mail-lf0-x234.google.com with SMTP id y20-v6so26815867lfy.0 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:58:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=VIcNE96R7KVuZ5+8WDUiN4R3RF6xhY1/fHLaxOzwx+U=; b=XWYQRtyiWapv9IE9PmUsnWA2KTX+kPUoMBXbNqf5l1ei0TYbm8isrt4TSwe1QewZC3 Hky7EKGPK370FTs3ldS57V/8gBX9MAvVgGiuJ3N/8K3HYHyJU/kavVKqqX/qKme7jP4L nzRTmqaoSmsL/Px6mkGdZvw2m2w3LnC0PI5hVeIbTGUjQO+mGZRPlIxEv+hAWe0D9l0L tjr6SvhdDzUXEqov39fdiQQeW27wIEomD/ArdA8z9z1a14EKmEe70zv+8GzmEFjjLP89 mhYezy5tKoU5kMPpxB+qEGHmPVKknrgUCipVcyEDYuW+dPRA8tru2dQYL+NjPIYrBcf0 xRYA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=VIcNE96R7KVuZ5+8WDUiN4R3RF6xhY1/fHLaxOzwx+U=; b=eEJDU9l3fkpxwQMWxe7GLtEC5YDb0TyUTick4YAVQcnp3LhG18vIozzsVJbBYdc06X I8DvYc3qh/rX9UepDa+K+KzuD2L8jXAptNm7q+qrYEaDpiP/1bch9XLKl0MoDsOoRMyF ClKkQwNuz+UnwhWUeR5Ulm+upepOnaar4RuLWnYvFYDexmHcY1ISdJMd8OIOspGUurLX +NQRp9XquorxtPmn1zbDTbgp5u8nFHUeTQIJghVcAjMd88xsR4EsNyMBHQXD/570TXf1 n81UlCaKMC2pAEbYp0jizCqnMHosjwVO07xlk4qeVqIVdk5xKpnSKIwpmth3ORUHfeVR Whag== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E3ORL2dgnBe/0h83WYRoHH4hJKqfjggh7STJPcHw0DAaTVnpH53 bKMgh1KQPs38oUcE4o/PAkepGznVrB2p6Ebb5uAfGA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJUBBsH8rpaMNy2f33R+ZJE/+Ntsb9HTUKQDv+GmEpBHyOwJszwOT7VEkdOGRhzNfuqxaRAaHH3aGBpqiiEZjg= X-Received: by 2002:a19:8f9c:: with SMTP id s28-v6mr27751lfk.12.1529355535072; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:58:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a2e:2c13:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:58:54 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?B?VGF5bGFuIFVscmljaCBCYXnEsXJsxLEvS2FtbWVy?= Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:58:54 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Modules missing to boot on VMWare To: bug-guix@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000006741e9056ef0d502" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -3.9 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) --0000000000006741e9056ef0d502 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Although we don't want to support non-free software, perhaps it would be nice to support booting Guix on VMWare without the user needing to do anything extra. While experimenting, I found out that if we just add the following three Linux modules to the standard initrd, Guix can boot on VMWare just fine: mptbase, mptscsih, mptspi mptspi depends on mptscsih, and both depend on mptbase, so if dependencies are handled automatically, declaring mptspi should be enough. 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Although we don't want to support non-free software, p= erhaps it would
be nice to support booting Guix on VMWare without the us= er needing to
do anything extra.

While experimenting, I found out= that if we just add the following
three Linux modules to the standard i= nitrd, Guix can boot on VMWare
just fine: mptbase, mptscsih, mptspi
<= br>mptspi depends on mptscsih, and both depend on mptbase, so if
depende= ncies are handled automatically, declaring mptspi should be
enough.
<= br>

Taylan
--0000000000006741e9056ef0d502-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Jun 20 17:15:08 2018 Received: (at 31887) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jun 2018 21:15:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58003 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fVkRX-0004Cv-Pz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:15:07 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56230) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fVkRV-0004C7-LA for 31887@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:15:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fVkRP-00067H-GB for 31887@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:15:00 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34855) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fVkRP-00067D-Cb; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:14:59 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=41864 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fVkRO-0001dv-WE; Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:14:59 -0400 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Taylan Ulrich =?utf-8?Q?Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1=2FKammer?= Subject: Re: bug#31887: Modules missing to boot on VMWare References: X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 2 Messidor an 226 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 23:14:57 +0200 In-Reply-To: ("Taylan Ulrich \=\?utf-8\?Q\?\=5C\=22Bay\=C4\=B1rl\=C4\=B1\=2FKammer\=5C\=22\=22's\?\= message of "Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:58:54 +0200") Message-ID: <87in6dqhwu.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 31887 Cc: 31887@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) Hello Taylan, Taylan Ulrich "Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer" skribis: > Although we don't want to support non-free software, perhaps it would > be nice to support booting Guix on VMWare without the user needing to > do anything extra. > > While experimenting, I found out that if we just add the following > three Linux modules to the standard initrd, Guix can boot on VMWare > just fine: mptbase, mptscsih, mptspi > > mptspi depends on mptscsih, and both depend on mptbase, so if > dependencies are handled automatically, declaring mptspi should be > enough. Currently every module we add to the initrd is actually loaded, so we have to think twice before adding more. In this case I=E2=80=99d rather pu= nt. Danny and I started work a while back to load modules on demand =C3=A0 la udev, so we could revisit that decision when this is implemented. Now, if that only benefits VMWare, it=E2=80=99s low-priority for me. Ludo=E2=80=99. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jun 21 12:19:11 2018 Received: (at 31887) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jun 2018 16:19:11 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59320 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fW2Ih-00040E-0M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:19:11 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f194.google.com ([209.85.128.194]:37496) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fW2If-000402-BD for 31887@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:19:10 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f194.google.com with SMTP id k6-v6so3822729wrp.4 for <31887@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:19:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iGUheUxXRrGkwj42wMKIoTkIdaYbpZaROwdBBZs7Gvg=; b=o/2+seDBO2L2gvog9NvOX7CoyBb2gV7rgnJ3epD2VwTNmjbPyNt2iEyUk8RLOYBBI8 DQ7NWtHm9JGkIxBzFSKGq9YaC5pKKrjJzo+GaXuJ1sFu14x8kp5Lp02Pt2VfwLWbWZym ZR9Fs/904Sg0DiD90quHpsy376sxfHKq3SfiM/s2S60fDsmVmYauYtioBrinzdLb8wYj V4nXwWsQFSe1eJyEpo3pRp+94dP8BEcogPTvfFFhIWxzAEUJ0R1LHd0+qgKYYT9jwfEn +z5qdPQBS8DYwD8kbLioD7mhbsB/QaVFSujV0o8mk+5CP/OF3+62AARurSydQ7E5amAq zKpw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iGUheUxXRrGkwj42wMKIoTkIdaYbpZaROwdBBZs7Gvg=; b=EIryE5FgVKFtpW5CykUjueXQAXT4llN9tRiF70NbkjlDCUp5ftDjyTUlfuE0EIVzRb ooeEfHcj9vA5JlEgHeOwp89KF2LZ99Mlj8R3JXXhF1IFOfDx8Z014ql6nbDWfGepc3Fb Swv6zC50sdxIrxmVKWUXOJi7iE4VaPzegTkKdd3nS9kucZLjlzBVi5tkpT1818Otedb8 j/9dmFJInWOGWhRl+eNijN+bBeGyag8uzp5sglK16H5GzglnhVl3L912pnhdXaJK6dev 9hGZsg38GR5zNbgu7p4N5L26oE1wnV3AXFQx/cx9s352gvPaX0xSGmspLON/1oy9JQCq Xmsw== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E0rnQlQXvWrigZ3SSmT5ins+W2HrSKxfMBd25MUAwEwotvF+MwH 5ruXrPDTB0z1mXUU3mIZSENJOw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpfXyVZsmaNDUKemfI+vr/N2ZW3Q9E0fRUIHySgMGBJztfU83knYaUv20ywVi2LJXHvZ4jMLww== X-Received: by 2002:adf:87f1:: with SMTP id c46-v6mr1534305wrc.246.1529597943524; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:19:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from guixsd ([2a02:908:c35:b420:7fc7:951d:d3f1:148f]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 11-v6sm6499131wmd.35.2018.06.21.09.19.02 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:19:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Taylan Kammer To: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: bug#31887: Modules missing to boot on VMWare References: <87in6dqhwu.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:19:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87in6dqhwu.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Wed, 20 Jun 2018 23:14:57 +0200") Message-ID: <87in6c9f57.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 31887 Cc: 31887@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > Hello Taylan, > > Taylan Ulrich "Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer" skribi= s: > >> Although we don't want to support non-free software, perhaps it would >> be nice to support booting Guix on VMWare without the user needing to >> do anything extra. >> >> While experimenting, I found out that if we just add the following >> three Linux modules to the standard initrd, Guix can boot on VMWare >> just fine: mptbase, mptscsih, mptspi >> >> mptspi depends on mptscsih, and both depend on mptbase, so if >> dependencies are handled automatically, declaring mptspi should be >> enough. > > Currently every module we add to the initrd is actually loaded, so we > have to think twice before adding more. In this case I=E2=80=99d rather = punt. > > Danny and I started work a while back to load modules on demand =C3=A0 la > udev, so we could revisit that decision when this is implemented. Now, > if that only benefits VMWare, it=E2=80=99s low-priority for me. Understood and agreed. :-) Should this bug remain open as a reminder? > Ludo=E2=80=99. Taylan From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jun 21 16:52:15 2018 Received: (at 31887) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jun 2018 20:52:15 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59424 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fW6Yx-00063U-5K for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:52:15 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44944) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fW6Yu-00063H-UF for 31887@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:52:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fW6Yn-0004k8-Vs for 31887@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:52:07 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55345) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fW6Yn-0004jx-Rl; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:52:05 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=36620 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fW6Yn-0005t2-He; Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:52:05 -0400 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: Taylan Kammer Subject: Re: bug#31887: Modules missing to boot on VMWare References: <87in6dqhwu.fsf@gnu.org> <87in6c9f57.fsf@gmail.com> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 3 Messidor an 226 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 22:52:03 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87in6c9f57.fsf@gmail.com> (Taylan Kammer's message of "Thu, 21 Jun 2018 20:19:00 +0200") Message-ID: <87o9g36ex8.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 31887 Cc: 31887@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) Taylan Kammer skribis: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > >> Hello Taylan, >> >> Taylan Ulrich "Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer" skrib= is: >> >>> Although we don't want to support non-free software, perhaps it would >>> be nice to support booting Guix on VMWare without the user needing to >>> do anything extra. >>> >>> While experimenting, I found out that if we just add the following >>> three Linux modules to the standard initrd, Guix can boot on VMWare >>> just fine: mptbase, mptscsih, mptspi >>> >>> mptspi depends on mptscsih, and both depend on mptbase, so if >>> dependencies are handled automatically, declaring mptspi should be >>> enough. >> >> Currently every module we add to the initrd is actually loaded, so we >> have to think twice before adding more. In this case I=E2=80=99d rather= punt. >> >> Danny and I started work a while back to load modules on demand =C3=A0 la >> udev, so we could revisit that decision when this is implemented. Now, >> if that only benefits VMWare, it=E2=80=99s low-priority for me. > > Understood and agreed. :-) > > Should this bug remain open as a reminder? Yes, I think so. Ludo=E2=80=99.