keeping kmod-nvidia and kernel upgrades "in sync"

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 8/11/06, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak <mjc at avtechpulse.com> wrote:
> >> > My guess is that livna hasn't caught up with the kernel yet.
> >>
> >> No, it hasn't. So why does yum pull in a new kernel, if kmod-nvidia
> >> depends on the old kernel?
> >
> > Because you're not upgrading kmod-nvidia.  The kernel has absolutely
> > no dependencies on kmod-nvidia, its the other way around.
>
> Well, yum has all the package dependency info in its metadata, so why
> can't it apply it both ways (i.e., kernel -> kmod, and kmod -> kernel)?
>
> But more urgently: what's the best way to ensure that you don't have a
> non-functioning computer in the morning, because of a driver/kernel
> mismatch? Do I have to exclude kernel and kmod* from yum updates?

I don't understand how the lack of the nvidia driver renders a
computer non-functioning.  However, not relying on 3rd party yum
repositories for kernel modules seems like the best course of action.


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