newbie questions

FM dist-list at LEXUM.UMontreal.CA
Thu Dec 6 15:33:56 CST 2007


Hello,
I read about dkms several weeks ago and found it very interesting !!

FYI : We are using Redhat Enterprise on servers and stations.

To test it, I installed dkms RPM + dkms-fuse.

After the installation I found :

/lib/modules/2.6.18-53.el5/extra/fuse.ko

So far so good !

After that I install the latest version of the kernel : 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5

Hoping that the ko module would be build and install automatically.

But I found the module in  :
/lib/modules/2.6.18-53.1.4.el5/weak-updates/fuse.ko



dkms status gave me :

fuse, 2.7.0-1.nodist.rf, 2.6.18-53.el5, i686: installed
fuse, 2.7.0-1.nodist.rf, 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5, i686: installed-weak from
2.6.18-53.el5

what  does installed-weak  mean ?

Is there a good how-t somewhere ? I read doc on the dell site and
several pdf linked on the site.


My goals are (for now):
- Managing the nvidia compilation using dkms on our workstations.
- Managing SAN qla module installation


Regards,





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