Mike wrote: > I have a TV card in one of my boxen, which requires a kernel module to > be built. I've got that all nicely scripted and so I can kick it off > with relative ease. > > The issue is detecting when it needs to be done. ie after a change in > the running kernel. At the moment, it's detected by the TV guide > running out of data and triggering an Icinga alert, which then causes me > to investigate and rebuild the kernel module. I was hoping for > something a little more automated. I'm envisioning something which > starts on boot checking if the kernel has changed and if so, kicking off > the kernel module rebuild script.
That's what the DKMS system is for, only it triggers when apt updates the kernel rather than after a reboot. https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/dkms -dsr-
