NVIDIA and DKMS
Christian Menzel
chris at menzel.com
Tue Nov 14 15:14:35 UTC 2006
On Di, 2006-11-14 at 15:02 +0000, Andy Green wrote:
> One caveat with this is that the compilability of an out of tree module
> does not always last very long at the moment. For example the config.h
> being deprecated has caused a lot of drivers to choke at make time.
>
> I think it was Les Mikesell that was wondering why everyone is upgrading
> their kernel every time a new one comes out, it's actually a good
> question if you don't have a new chipset or something that is barely
> working on the cutting edge stuff. Maybe the better solution is to just
> not update your kernel until you hear about a security problem or a
> feature that will do you some good. Or only run in-tree drivers if you
> can (I can't).
>
> -Andy
Andy, I see your point, but as I already said the ati and ipw3945
drivers survived the last kernel update, which was btw. a security
update. So IMHO using dkms will not stop the 'sucks' mails but reduce
them.
Chris
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