[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] [Pkg-fglrx-devel] Auto-building out-of-tree kernel modules

[Patrick Matthäi]

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Ben Hutchings schrieb:
> Due to bug #517130, linux-modules-extra-2.6 must be removed.
> linux-modules-nonfree-2.6 does not suffer the same licence compliance
> issue, but it is extremely fragile since proprietary drivers are often
> not updated for new kernel versions.  The kernel team will shortly be
> requesting its removal as well.
> 
> If you want to continue having modules auto-built, we recommend that you
> consider integrating with DKMS.  You can trigger a build on installation
> or upgrade of the module source.  The dkms package then automatically
> rebuilds installed module sources when a new kernel version is
> installed.
> 
> Why DKMS and not module-assistant?  Your packages presumably already
> work with m-a, but m-a doesn't automatically rebuild modules on upgrade.
> Also, DKMS is supported by other distributions, so many out-of-tree
> module sources already include the necessary configuration file.

Sorry, but I do not see any decision how to handle it, yet.

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