Two questions about FC1 kernel upgrades

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 12:39:55PM +0100, Dag Wieers wrote:
> I thought DKMS would require building modules on the end-users system. 
> Although a viable alternative, I'm not interested in a solution that 
> forces a user to compile stuff (even when done automatically).

Yes, that's why it is not really intended for packaging.

> It would be nice to have some standard way for (external) kernel modules 
> to be compiled so that it can be automated much easier.

There are efforts on lkml to get there, e.g. to have better separation
of "kernel headers" (i.e. all you need for building modules) and the
rest. IMHO it's something that needs to be solved upstream.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de
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