Hello John Dell makes sure that the fixes in the new driver get into the kernel, well we TRY to make our suppliers and partners do that(exceptions exist, I dont want to name any here :(), but what about the end customer in the interim? we release dkms drivers on our support site to handle this scenario. The sources of these drivers also ship with the dkms rpms. regards, sandeep. -----Original Message----- From: anaconda-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:anaconda-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 5:06 PM To: Discussion of Development and Customization of the Red Hat Linux Installer Subject: Re: [ PATCH ] RFC: Search and load drivers automatically from usb-storage media Sandeep_K_Shandilya@xxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello > > Qualified drivers for server hardware that are on on support.dell.com are dkms rpms (http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml#dkms). The licensing is GPL. > > regards, > sandeep. If your _drivers_ are GPL-licenced, what is Dell doing to have them incorporated into the kernel? However, if you're talking about this, then I really do not like it. [root@ns ~]# rpm -q dkms dkms-2.0.17.6-1.el4.rf [root@ns ~]# rpm -qi dkms Name : dkms Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.0.17.6 Vendor: Dag Apt Repository, http://dag.wieers.com/apt/ Release : 1.el4.rf Build Date: Fri 07 Mar 2008 02:28:07 WST Install Date: Thu 13 Mar 2008 20:41:23 WST Build Host: lisse.leuven.wieers.com Group : System Environment/Kernel Source RPM: dkms-2.0.17.6-1.el4.rf.src.rpm Size : 175402 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Fri 07 Mar 2008 02:57:27 WST, Key ID a20e52146b8d79e6 Packager : Dag Wieers <dag@xxxxxxxxxx> URL : http://linux.dell.com/dkms/ Summary : Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework Description : DKMS stands for Dynamic Kernel Module Support. It is designed to create a framework where kernel dependant module source can reside so that it is very easy to rebuild modules as you upgrade kernels. This will allow Linux vendors to provide driver drops without having to wait for new kernel releases while also taking out the guesswork for customers attempting to recompile modules for new kernels. [root@ns ~]# Given the choice between a system using this, and some other system using fully open source drivers, the first vendor had better have a damned good story (or the other be pitiful). That's exactly what bugs me about the madwifi drivers I found at a CentOS site. dkms sounds a lot like ndiswrapper, and if a wireless card requires that to work, I don't consider it. There are better choices. > > And if the Vendor's Dell hear this. Standard graphics on Dells sucks > bunnies through garden hoses. I'm taking about whether it works at > all, not how swish it is, and I'm talking about on-board graphics. > -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Z1aaaaaaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
