newbie questions

[Matt Domsch]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 04:33:56PM -0500, FM wrote:
> 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 ?

This means because the kernel ABI had not changed, there was no reason
to recompile the fuse module.  It is symlinked into your /lib/modules
tree properly, and usable.


> 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.

See either the nvidia packages on support.dell.com which do this,
and/or the nvidia packages on freshrpms.net which also use DKMS to do
this.

> - Managing SAN qla module installation

I believe these are posted on EMC's support web site.  qla was one of
the very first modules delivered using DKMS. :-)

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux