Re: Freshrpms update

Τάσος Χρόνης wrote:
> 
>     Don't confuse things. It's the logic behind proprietary software which
>     is inherently flawed :-) 
> 
> True. But what I said could be applied to open source modules outside 
> linux tree like kqemu, lirc e.t.c.
> IMHO  the dkms logic works better at least for me.

Due to the unavailability of an nvidia 96xx driver for F7 + 2.6.23 
kernels I switched to Livna for these packages, so I've had a good bit 
of time to try dkms verus kmod and kmod actually works better when 
there's a kernel upgrade and no supporting driver, such as in my case.

dkms: driver fails to compile after rebooting a new kernel (as with F7 + 
2.6.23)? you're out of luck; your entire X config is based on that and X 
will refuse to work until you fix it by hand. Very bad.

kmod: no driver installed (RPM) for current kernel? no problem, it falls 
back to using the builtin nvidia open source driver and you never have 
to mess with your configs. Install the new RPM when it's available, 
reboot and it's back working. Very good.

My $0.02, kmod works better for video drivers - dkms fell flat on it's 
face and kmod just kept on rolling.

-te

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Troy Engel | Systems Engineer
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