2010/1/12 Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:08 PM, g <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Akemi Yagi wrote:
>
>>> Just a note about the ndiswrapper package from the ELRepo repository.
>>> It comes with a kernel-version independent, kABI-tracking kernel
>>> module.
>>
>> i believe all packages from 'elrepo' are kernel independent.
>>
>> i have 2 packages from them that have gone thru 3 kernel updates
>> and are working just fine like day they were first installed.
>
> Yes, all kmod packages from ELRepo are kernel independent and should
> survive kernel updates quietly. :)

To expand upon Akemi's comment regarding kmod packages from ELRepo --

All kmod packages are built to be kernel independent, kABI tracking
for all the released RHEL 5 kernels (unless otherwise stated). Hence
ELRepo kmod packages are appropriate for all RHEL 5 based derivatives,
i.e. Scientific Linux 5 and CentOS 5, as long as their kernels do not
deviate from the ABI published by TUV.

A brief note about ELRepo, for users of Scientific Linux. ELRepo is
entirely independent of (and is not endorsed by) Red Hat and the
CentOS project. It is, however, acknowledged by both and there is a
communication / co-operation channel to the relevant kernel
engineering team at Red Hat. The ELRepo admin team have significant
experience with RHEL, Scientific Linux and CentOS.

Alan.