Re: Kernel module packages, the dkms approach

On 10/10/06, Justin Conover <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 10/9/06, Matthias Saou <thias@spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.egg.and.spam.freshrpms.net
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> > Matthias Saou wrote :
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> > [...]
> > > Feel free to let the list know what you think about this approach. Any
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> > > bug reports, fixes, enhancements or comments regarding this package
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> > > also very welcome.
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> > > 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!
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> > No on-list feedback, so I don't really know what to think... :-)
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> > Still, here's what I've done :
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> > - 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.
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> > - 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.
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> > - Packaged "dkms-tiacx", which is the first trivial dkms-enabled package
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> > 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.
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> > 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
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> > and an end user, I really like them since they "just work".
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> > Matthias
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> > --
> > Clean custom Red Hat Linux rpm packages : http://freshrpms.net/
> > Fedora Core release 5.92 (FC6 Test3) - Linux kernel 2.6.18-1.2726.fc6
> > Load : 0.20 0.24 0.25
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> Looks good, I'll try and test it this week.
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> How about the nvidia *beta* driver 9625 in a testing repo or something?
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> ATI driver too?
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> Thank you,
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ati x64
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1647

ati x86
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1643

nvidia beta
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html