Kernel Modules in Fedora -x

Jesse Keating jkeating at redhat.com
Sat Aug 4 02:46:12 UTC 2007


On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:55:48 -0500
Josh Boyer <jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org> wrote:

> And I am more and more starting to think this might be a _good_ idea.
> Users that want modules we aren't willing to carry upstream can
> install the dkms "payload" (as you described it) for the module,
> build and install.
> 
> Some might think this is too technical a hurdle for users to clear,
> but I think it might be worth examining.  Care to draft a proposal for
> FESCo?  We could evaluate it at the same time we do dwmw2/f13's.


I'm not totally opposed to the idea, if the dkms system takes care of
the logic of building the module when new kernels land and such.

-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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