On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 10:00 +0200, David Paleino wrote: > *Other* > > 5) Interoperability with different distributions. DKMS tarballs can be used on > RHEL, SuSE, Ubuntu, or Debian. If there are different kernels, patches can be > included in the DKMS tarball to enable support on different kernel releases. > > 6) Acceptance in enterprise solutions. Both Redhat & Novell support DKMS as a > solution for OEMs to provide kernel modules that won't be maintained in the > upstream tree for the foreseeable future.
A certain major OEM requires its server component vendors to provide any required out-of-tree modules as DKMS packages. If Debian were to include DKMS that would make it easier for users to set up their $OEM systems if they include components that aren't supported by a stable release. Note, we would also need to ensure that alien does a good job with DKMS RPMs. Ben.
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