Re: Changes in Fedora 9 freshrpms packages

Well, that what is said, but I want to see akmod during
kernel install and, especially, uninstall.
And what about kernels compiled from source?

If all this works, then akmod is OK, no problem, but it
would bad if it misses some functionalities of dkms,
especially the independece from the kernel origin.

bye,

pg

On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 09:27:21PM +0100, Tako Schotanus 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 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
> >>
> >
> >

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piergiorgio