Re: Changes in Fedora 9 freshrpms packages
"Tako Schotanus" <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:27:21 +0100
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------=_Part_58079_10730712.1225744041492 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I can't answer for the package maintainers but I found this thread very enlightening: http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-developers/2008-September/000943.html Before I was sold on dkms because I think it's great that I can use it to keep out-of-tree drivers while using non-standard kernels, until I read in the above thread that the akmods provide the same functionality. The advantage being that they can use the exact same spec files that are used for the kmods so there is no extra burden for the maintainers, while they would need to provide seperate support for dkms. Cheers, -Tako On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 21:12, Tako Schotanus <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't answer for the package maintainers but I found this thread very > enlightening: > http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-developers/2008-September/000943.html > > Before I was sold on dkms because I think it's great that I can use it to > keep out-of-tree drivers while using non-standard kernels, until I read in > the above thread that the akmods provide the same functionality. The > advantage being that they can use the exact same spec files that are used > for the kmods so there is no extra burden for the maintainers, while they > would need to provide seperate support for dkms. > > Cheers, > -Tako > > > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 19:22, Piergiorgio Sartor < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, a bit OT, but... I was reading the rpmfusion mailing >> list and it was mentioned they will not support dkms for >> external kernel modules, like the nvidia driver. >> >> Is this a decision valid only for the livna import or >> will it affect also the freshrpms? >> >> In other words, the drivers hosted here will be replaced >> with kmod/akmod or will they be ported to rpmfusion as dkms? >> >> Is there any chance to get dkms back? >> >> Thanks, and sorry again for deviating a bit from the topic. >> >> bye, >> >> -- >> >> piergiorgio >> > > ------=_Part_58079_10730712.1225744041492 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I can't answer for the package maintainers but I found this thread very enlightening: <a href="http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-developers/2008-September/000943.html" target="_blank">http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-developers/2008-September/000943.html</a><br> <br>Before I was sold on dkms because I think it's great that I can use it to keep out-of-tree drivers while using non-standard kernels, until I read in the above thread that the akmods provide the same functionality. The advantage being that they can use the exact same spec files that are used for the kmods so there is no extra burden for the maintainers, while they would need to provide seperate support for dkms.<br> <br>Cheers,<br> -Tako<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 21:12, Tako Schotanus <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I can't answer for the package maintainers but I found this thread very enlightening: <a href="http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-developers/2008-September/000943.html" target="_blank">http://lists.rpmfusion.org/pipermail/rpmfusion-developers/2008-September/000943.html</a><br> <br>Before I was sold on dkms because I think it's great that I can use it to keep out-of-tree drivers while using non-standard kernels, until I read in the above thread that the akmods provide the same functionality. The advantage being that they can use the exact same spec files that are used for the kmods so there is no extra burden for the maintainers, while they would need to provide seperate support for dkms.<br> <br>Cheers,<br><font color="#888888"> -Tako</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 19:22, Piergiorgio Sartor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi, a bit OT, but... I was reading the rpmfusion mailing<br> list and it was mentioned they will not support dkms for<br> external kernel modules, like the nvidia driver.<br> <br> Is this a decision valid only for the livna import or<br> will it affect also the freshrpms?<br> <br> In other words, the drivers hosted here will be replaced<br> with kmod/akmod or will they be ported to rpmfusion as dkms?<br> <br> Is there any chance to get dkms back?<br> <br> Thanks, and sorry again for deviating a bit from the topic.<br> <br> bye,<br> <br> --<br> <font color="#888888"><br> piergiorgio<br> </font></blockquote></div><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_58079_10730712.1225744041492--