On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 08:27:39 +0200 Bastian Blank <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 09:25:40PM +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote: > > Why do dkms modules need the image installed to be built? At the very > > least they didn't use to, the headers were enough last time I had to > > deal with that stuff for the nvidia drivers > > dkms is used to build modules for the kernel that is just being > installed. To do that it needs also the headers in matching versions. > > As the image can't depend on the headers, some other way was needed.
Sorry, I am still unable to understand the issue: dkms can and does build modules for all installed _headers_ (plural). The fact that the headers pull in a corresponding image does not change that fact, as far as I can tell. In fact, it doesn't need any images at all, again as far as I know. Let's look at this the other way around: if there was no dependency, in what scenario would things break and how? -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
