Jarek,

It can work pretty much like magic as long as the
module is compatible with the new kernel and the
source is installed.  On a reboot, it can be instructed
to build the module.  I'm not sure how critical
things (like a FibreChannel driver that hosts the
root partition) work.

You could probably use dkms to build the module for
the rpm build, but I don't think it would be that
helpful.  I think having a good spec file would
be more valuable.

I think the proposed method should be more reliable,
it just requires building a slew of module rpms for
each kernel upgrade.

--Shane


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> Yes, indeed: I've seen this one too.
>
> Looks quite interesting: there was even some discussion
> about it among people packaging kernel modules.
>
> Definitely the strong point is the automation of
> module rebuilding process: but it does not give the automation
> of updates magic (I think ...)
>
> Could dkms be used to build kernel-module-<foo>-<kversion>
> packages by any chance ?
>
> Jarek
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