Never heard of Driver Update Program. Can you provide links/further info ?
Is this different than dkms ? perhaps you mean kmod kernel modules ?

--Chris


> Date:    Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:23:11 +0100
> From:    Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Adding driver to installation
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Not sure how the procedure at Driver Update Program worked
> for others, but we sucessfully use it now on SL(C)5.2
> here at CERN for few drivers
> 
> (updated e1000e, e1000, ixgbe (with ioatdma) etc)
> 
> We intend to have it also for other add-on kernel
> modules (whenever possible ... some modules may
> not be cross-kernel version compatible due to usage
> of functions not in stable RHEL 5 kernel ABI ..)
> 
> .. of course we will still need to produce driver disks
> for installations - but with the recent driver disk kit
> from RH this is also easier: not only such driver disk
> image contains kernel modules but also rpms and yum
> repository information: as a result during install time
> updated/add-on driver can be used and after install
> corresponding rpms are installed on the system
> (and since these are packaged according to DUP guidelines
> .. there is no need to upgrade them with each and every
> kernel upgrade)
> 
> Sounds like less of work with kernel upgrades, right ? ;-)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Jarek
> 
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