Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Debian extra modules

[Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@gmx.de>]

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Holger Levsen wrote:
> I've shortened Gregs mail to only have the relevant info for this list :-)
> Full mail is at http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2009/10/msg00236.html
There was an announcement some hours ago which explains the (possible) 
backgrounds further[1]. It looks like the packages which builds binary 
packages from out-of-the-tree modules gets removed and it is now preferred to 
send the source upstream to staging by the author of the module, patch the 
kernel sources to include the must-have kernel modules or use the dkms[2] to 
build kernel modules.

I will search for some more information what must be done to support dkms and 
send some patches if it looks promising for upstream. There is currently only 
one package[3] in Debian which supports it. So lets see if we can add a second 
and third one :)

Best regards,
	Sven

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/10/msg00003.html
[2] http://linux.dell.com/projects.shtml#dkms
[3] http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/openafs-modules-dkms

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