Mark Hahn wrote: >>> I'd like to add that Dell's DKMS (Dynamics Kernel Management System) is >>> great: >>> >>> http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml#dkms > > really? I've never much seen the point, since when I want a kernel > update, it's almost never for drivers, but more fundamental parts of > the kernel, often not even modules. I suppose that a vendor's > responsibility might focus on drivers, though. >
It's useful because it will automatically build and install existing kernel modules for newly-installed kernels. Many vendors ship drivers as RPMs separate from the kernel, so they won't get updated when the kernel is updated unless you use something like dkms. -- -- Skylar Thompson (sky...@cs.earlham.edu) -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/
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