On 3 April 2010 20:04, Andrew Junev <a-j@xxxxxx> wrote: > 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? My advice is to investigate whether you can package it to work with DKMS: http://linux.dell.com/dkms/ http://linux.dell.com/dkms/manpage.html You can write infrastructure yourself, you can probably use akmods, but I have done exactly what you require for other kernel modules using DKMS as the infrastructure. FWIW, DKMS doesn't normally pre-build the module, it builds it on first boot into the kernel - so it's not exactly what you want. -- Sam -- 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
