Greetings, On 2/18/06, Kurt Garloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is certainly a possible workaround for a missing driver, and it's > fine. You self-compile the driver. > > Unfortunately, on every kernel update, you'll lose the driver again and > have to update the kernel-source RPM as well and redo the above steps > (except for downloading of course).
Yes, I realize this. I am sorry if I was not clear in my posting. There have been several complaints about not being able to use Atheros cards *currently* during the betas, so I thought I would give instructions for self-compiling to make sure we have more people involved in beta testing. > Not very user-friendly -- and that's the reason we have designed > something better, a solution that allows kernel modules that are not > shipped by us for whatever reason to integrate cleanly and survive > kernel updates. > http://en.opensuse.org/Kernel_Module_Packages > > We expect to soon have packages provided this way. > Then, that would be the solution that I would recommend here rather > than self-compiling. I am aware of this, and think it will be a much better design all around. It's just a bit painful during the transition period, especially for people like me who depend on the nongpl modules. I am looking forward to this being fully implemented, and the proper packages provided. Thanks for all your hard work. Kirk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
