On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) <bochecha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> How does putting those kmods in a third-party repo fix this? And they WILL >>> and DO end up there. Even if you get RPM Fusion to ban kmods (which I >>> doubt >>> will ever happen), they'll just migrate to another third-party repo. You >>> can't eliminate kmods entirely, no matter how hard you try. > > kmod-gspca has been available in livna for a long time. And I loved > it, as it provided me an easy way to use my webcam. > > But at every kernel update, it was a PITA to wait for the kmod until I > could update the kernel. > > If Fedora had accepted the kmod in its repositories, would it have > ever been included in mainstream kernel as it is today (which is the > only real solution) ? > > By refusing kmods, we have more motivation to actually try and include > upstream what we really need to use. If we can simply install the > kmod, who cares if it's upstreamed ? This particular one _IS_ upstreamed. It was merged upstream in 2.6.28. 2.6.29.4 is in F10 updates-testing and F11 will ship with a .29 based kernel anyway. So you don't really need it anymore ;) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
