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Re: RFC: DKMS - Dynamic Kernel Module Support



On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:00 PM, David Paleino <[email protected]> wrote:

> some time ago I filed a RFS [1] for DKMS [2], and Daniel Baumann <daniel> asked
> me what advantages it had over module-assistant.
> After some talking with upstream, here I have the answer.

Only down side I worry about is that having such a solution encourages
out-of-tree drivers. Personally, I'd prefer if Debian were to adopt
some variation of Fedora's policy:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/KernelModules
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DavidWoodhouse/KmodProposal

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pabs

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