[Pkg-dkms-maint] guide to package 3rd-party kernel module in Debian

[Sandro Tosi]

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2015-05-14 at 15:26 -0400, Sandro Tosi wrote:
>> oops, I didnt notice a DKMS team exists: adding them to the loop
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Sandro Tosi <morph at debian.org> wrote:
>> > Hi Ben,
>> > we'd like to remove our build script for a kernel module (a
>> > third-party network driver we have to patch) and setup a proper debian
>> > package. Now the big question: what is the best way to achieve that?
>> > the kernel handbook still talks about m-a while I think the preferred
>> > way to do that nowdays is thru dkms, right? is there any guide on how
>> > to use it?
>
> The best way to get it packaged *in* Debian is to get it into the
> upstream Linux kernel.

yup sorry I wasnt clear: the package will be an internal one, as we
cant upstream the driver code.

> Failing that, read the DKMS documentation

is there something more than /usr/share/doc/dkms/ ? is not exactly
full of explanations on how to prepare a package to use dpkg :)

> and particularly the dh_dkms
> manual page.

awesome, will do - thanks!

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