rpmfusion:kernel modules decision: kmod

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Sunday, 28 September 2008 at 09:24, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> After numerous attempts we (Thorsten, Xavier and I) have failed to get in 
> touch which Matthias to involve him in making a decision about which 
> packaging method to use for kernel modules in rpmfusion.
> 
> As we really need to move forward now with rpmfusion to have everything 
> ready for F-10, I've proposed to Thorsten, Xavier to make a decision now 
> without Matthias, to which they have agreed.
> 
> So the 3 of us have made the decision that kmods and akmod will be the way 
> to package kernel modules within rpmfusion.
> 
> Thorsten will begin building all kmod's from livna in rpmfusion today. If 
> there are any out of tree drivers which you want to see packaged in 
> rpmfusion now you know what to do :)

We sure do:
https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52

> Note that if you're interested in Free out of tree drivers, it would be 
> even better to spend time on getting them in to the official upstream 
> kernel, I can help with that if you want to spend time on that.

I probably would, but I'm not sure if I can find the time to maintain
it after it gets there.

Regards,
R.

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