On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:21:47 -0500 Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 12:12:39PM -0400, Kelly wrote: > > On Friday, August 03, 2007 10:46 pm Jesse Keating wrote: > > > On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:55:48 -0500 > > > > > > Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > And I am more and more starting to think this might be a _good_ > > > > idea. Users that want modules we aren't willing to carry > > > > upstream can install the dkms "payload" (as you described it) > > > > for the module, build and install. > > > > > > > > Some might think this is too technical a hurdle for users to > > > > clear, but I think it might be worth examining. Care to draft > > > > a proposal for FESCo? We could evaluate it at the same time we > > > > do dwmw2/f13's. > > > > > > I'm not totally opposed to the idea, if the dkms system takes > > > care of the logic of building the module when new kernels land > > > and such. > > > > That was what Dell developed DKMS to handle; situations where > > people are installing outside modules while updating the kernel > > frequently. Every time a new kernel is booted, the autoinstalled > > automatically builds all installed DKMS modules for the new kernel > > before it starts. It takes care of the problem of having to create > > new packages for all the modules when the kernel is updated. > > I've got a bugzilla request in (#250337) to add hooks to the kernel Typo in the bug number? That one is for some SELinux denial. josh -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
