Re: kernel modules in RPM Fusion; we need a decision (was: Re: nvidia kmods for EL-5)

On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 21:51 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: I think one of the best solution is: a) Use RHEL kmod schema for RPMFusion for EL: 1) kmods rebuilded only if kabi changes. 2) Packagers not needed to rebuild kmods for each kernel update. 3) Users not needed to download/compile/update kmods after kernel updates. For example: kmods builded on CentOS 5.0 may be installed on RHEL 5.2 and vise versa if kabi was not changed. b) Use Livna akmod/kmod schema for RPMFusion for F-* Some examples of packages builded with RHEL kmod schema: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/*-km... http://repo.redhat-club.org/redhat/5/SRPMS/nvidia-kmod-173.14.12-el5.rhc.... http://repo.redhat-club.org/redhat/5/SRPMS/saa7134-kmod-0.2.14-el5.rhc.1.... http://repo.redhat-club.org/redhat/5/SRPMS/ipw3945-kmod-1.2.2-el5.rhc.1.s... Some information on RHEL kmod schema: * Kernel Module Packages Manual http://www.suse.de/~agruen/KMPM/KernelModulePackagesManual-CODE10.pdf -- Nikolay Ulyanitsky <lystor(a)lystor.org.ua&gt;