Alan Bartlett wrote:
2010/1/12 Akemi Yagi <[email protected]>:
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 2:08 PM, g <[email protected]> wrote:
Akemi Yagi wrote:
Just a note about the ndiswrapper package from the ELRepo repository.
It comes with a kernel-version independent, kABI-tracking kernel
module.
i believe all packages from 'elrepo' are kernel independent.
i have 2 packages from them that have gone thru 3 kernel updates
and are working just fine like day they were first installed.
Yes, all kmod packages from ELRepo are kernel independent and should
survive kernel updates quietly. :)
To expand upon Akemi's comment regarding kmod packages from ELRepo --
All kmod packages are built to be kernel independent, kABI tracking
for all the released RHEL 5 kernels (unless otherwise stated). Hence
ELRepo kmod packages are appropriate for all RHEL 5 based derivatives,
i.e. Scientific Linux 5 and CentOS 5, as long as their kernels do not
deviate from the ABI published by TUV.
A brief note about ELRepo, for users of Scientific Linux. ELRepo is
entirely independent of (and is not endorsed by) Red Hat and the
CentOS project. It is, however, acknowledged by both and there is a
communication / co-operation channel to the relevant kernel
engineering team at Red Hat. The ELRepo admin team have significant
experience with RHEL, Scientific Linux and CentOS.
Alan.
Hi Alan,
Thank you for explanation. I have to admit that I hadn't looked at
ELRepo before today, although I've heard of it. It looks very useful
for people who need drivers.
A couple of questions
I see you have both nvidia-x11-drv as well as kmod-nvidia. Are these
independant, or do you have to have both installed?
I am somewhat new to kABI kernel modules. I know the theory, but not
much else.
In your experience with RHEL5, how often has RedHat broken or modified
the ABI's, requiring you to update your kmod package?
Troy
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