Hi Dag, On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 11:13:36AM +0200, Dag Wieers wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2007, Mohd Irwan Jamaluddin wrote: > > I wrote a simple howto in [1]my blog on how to mount NTFS in RHEL 5. I > > really appreciate your comments and suggestions. > > > > Below are the steps, > > > > 1. Download fuse & ntfs-3g > > fuse: get it from http://www.atrpms.net/dist/el5/fuse/ > > ntfs-3g: get it from http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fuse-ntfs-3g/ > > Is there a reason why you do not use the fuse-package from RPMforge > (dag.wieers.com) ? > > > 2. Install fuse components > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -ivh fuse-2.6.5-2_7.el5.x86_64.rpm \ > > > fuse-kmdl-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5xen-2.6.5-2_7.el5.x86_64.rpm \ > > > fuse-libs-2.6.5-2_7.el5.x86_64.rpm > > I have made a dkms-fuse package available. Granted, it does require dkms > and a compiler to be available and is not a plug&play solution as the > kmdl, but it doesn't have the problem that a kernel upgrade takes away > your ntfs abilities.
dkms has many shortcomings most importantly the fact that every build
on every system is unique, therefore potentially exhibiting per system
bugs which are harder to diagnose ("have you built your dkms with the
previous gcc or the updated one?") and users tend to ignore any
warning/errors that pop up the screen while the modules are
rebuilt. Therefore it is better to have the build process monitored by
people that know what to expect.
Having said that there is not really a contradiction of dkms-like vs
kmdl-like solutions, e.g. on the client build mechanism vs on the
maintainer's system build mechanisms. One could have kmdls rebuild
themselves automatically like dkms does provided one has the tools
(buildchain and rpm build tools) and the src.rpm.
Maybe worth banging our heads together and get some nice solution
making both camps happy? But probably this is not exactly on-topic on
this list.
> Overall, my intention is to have dkms packages available for all the
> drivers that I'll add support for in the future.
>
> On top of that, the dkms-fuse package also works on other distributions,
> including FC and older EL releases.
Same goes for the fuse kmdls :)
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