Are packages w/o necessary kernel modules allowed?

Jeffrey Ollie jeff at ocjtech.us
Wed Oct 14 13:20:55 UTC 2009


On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Felix Kaechele <felix at fetzig.org> wrote:
> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: Are packages w/o necessary kernel modules allowed?
> From: Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov at gmail.com>
> To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
> Date: 14.10.2009 15:04
>>
>> Imagine an application, which relies on a specific kernel module. This
>> module is not a part of stock Fedora kernel (at least, yet), and we
>> don't allow stand-alone kernel modules.
>
> If not, what does dahdi-tools do in Fedora then?

Nothing, at least not without a kernel module that's not in the stock
Fedora kernel.  The DAHDI kernel modules are GPL, but Digium has been
unwilling to merge them into the upstream kernel.

-- 
Jeff Ollie




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