Yes, but if the includes are on wrong places or the compilation itself fails? > Dkms will do the compile and installation. > MarvS > On Feb 25, 2012 6:09 AM, "Thomas Wilhelmi" <willi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > but even if I install dkms (it's currently not) I first need to get > slmodem compiled without it. Or do I have a misunderstanding here? > > Thomas > >> Thomas, > >> Likely DKMS support is already installed on your System. >> You can check with: >> # dkms --help >> # dkms --status >> which will list any modules already under DKMS support. >> If not resident, surely you will be able to download it from the SuSE >> repository. > >> MarvS > >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Thomas Wilhelmi >> <willi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Thx for this info. I don't care building the module everytime if it >>> works :-) But here is my problem :-) >>> >>>> Thomas, >>> >>>> dkms means Dynamic Kernel Module Support: >>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support >>> >>>> linux.dell.com/dkms/permalink/ >>> >>>> If you update kernel, the module needed for smartlink modems >>>> (slamr.ko) is build automagically and you won't have to worry about >>>> compiling everytime you update the kernel. >>> >>>> Regards, >>> >>> >>>> Antonio >>> > > >
