On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:52:22 +0100 Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 23:21 +0100, Patrick Matthäi wrote: > > since we have got a stable release with dkms now, I am asking myself, if > > it is still necessary to support module-assistant. > > dkms is IMHO the better system and maintaining two different systems for > > kernel modules is a bit bloated. > With dkms, can you also create packages of the modules? > > At least I found it always very useful, to create modules with m-a, or > via make-kpkg, and provide them via local archives to all my Debian > boxes. Can save quite some compilation time, and one doesn't need kernel > header + build packages etc. on all nodes.
Yes, there is the "mkdeb" command-line option, but I suppose that doesn't get as much testing as it should. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110213180010.7463399d.michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com
