On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 23:04 +0400, Andrew Junev wrote: > Hello All, > > I have a vt6656 WiFi adapter that needs a separate driver to work in > Linux. The driver is neither in "native" Fedora repos, nor in > rpmfusion (at least I don't know how to search for it, so I think it's > not there). > > So whenever I do a 'yum update' and get a new kernel, I have to > compile a new kernel module as well. Currently, I first reboot to a > new kernel, then compile a module and then do another reboot just to > check everything is loading properly on bootup. > > How do I compile my driver for a new kernel _before_ actually booting > into that new kernel, so that I could be prepared with the new kernel > module already on first reboot? ---- unless something radically changed in the kernel, you could probably just copy the module from /lib/modules/kernel-x to /lib/modules/kernel-y or you could use Matt Domsch's dkms Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
