Binary compatibility in kernel

[Tzafrir Cohen]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 07:19:12PM +0200, Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh wrote:
> Michael Sternberg wrote:

(In HTML only. Please avoid that)

> > Question #3:
> > Is it common in Linux to automatically build and install kernel module
> > during installation ?
> Yes.
> > Are there any packages/frameworks that provide this capability ?
> The standard Linux build system (Kbuild) does it all for you.
> Get any external module, and look at build system.
> For example, take a look at how compat-wireless does it
> (http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Download/stable/)
> It has to build a lot of modules, depending on user's choices,
> so it might be a bit more complex then you need.

During installation? Look into DKMS: http://linux.dell.com/dkms/

That said, maintaining driver code for different kernel versions is no
fun.

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