Kernel module packages, the dkms approach

[Justin Conover]

On 10/9/06, Matthias Saou <
thias at spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.egg.and.spam.freshrpms.net> wrote:
>
> Matthias Saou wrote :
>
> [...]
> > Feel free to let the list know what you think about this approach. Any
> > bug reports, fixes, enhancements or comments regarding this package are
> > also very welcome.
> >
> > I'm already thinking of doing a dkms aware package of the lirc kernel
> > module I use on my living room computer, as well as a madwifi one, as
> > tracking Rawhide updates and keeping the remote and the network working
> > is a waste of time!
>
> No on-list feedback, so I don't really know what to think... :-)
>
> Still, here's what I've done :
>
> - Finished polishing the nvidia-x11-drv package, it only needs to be
> fixed to disable the dri and GLcore X modules on FC6, works for FC5.
>
> - Packaged "madwifi", which contains all the tools + the dkms-enabled
> kernel modules sources. I'm still having an issue with this one : After
> switching from a source-based install to the package, the wlan_tkip
> module doesn't get loaded automatically, so NetworkManager isn't able
> to connect to WPA protected networks. Ugly workaround : modprobe
> wlan_tkip from rc.local. Any insight on this one would be most welcome.
>
> - Packaged "dkms-tiacx", which is the first trivial dkms-enabled package
> since it doesn't contain any tools, just some noarch kernel modules
> sources. I've only tested the build, since I don't currently have
> access to any acx100 hardware, but modprobing the module works.
>
> I'll start a thread on the fedora-packaging list about a possible
> naming convention for the dkms-enabled kernel modules packages (other
> distros seem to just be doing "dkms-<modulename>"), and hopefully also
> get some feedback about what people think of them. As both as a packager
> and an end user, I really like them since they "just work".
>
> Matthias
>
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Looks good, I'll try and test it this week.

How about the nvidia *beta* driver 9625 in a testing repo or something?

ATI driver too?

Thank you,
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