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

[Ben Hutchings]

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.

Failing that, read the DKMS documentation and particularly the dh_dkms
manual page.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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