FFE: Use dkms for openafs-modules
Bug #288743 reported by
Martin
This bug affects 1 person
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: openafs-
I don't know exactly how dkms works, but would it not be possible to use dkms to build the openafs kernel modules?
It would be nice if someone could just install openafs-client and dkms would compile the kernel modules automatically and also rebuilds them on kernel updates. Is that possible?
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This should not be a problem as far as I see. Someone who knows how the OpenAFS module is built could easily write the necessary dkms.conf file (using an existing file as template,e.g. from the nvidia or virtualbox modules).
I've so far always used module-assistant and don't know how to build the module by hand.
As building kernel modules is a major mystery for new users, I strongly support moving as many modules as possible to an automatic build system.