Re: What's the correct procedure for replacing a DKMS module when it's upstreamed?

2023-03-28 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Tue, Mar 28 2023 at 03:07:10 PM, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Kushal, > > On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 08:13:33PM -0700, Kushal Kumaran wrote: >> If you installed a -dkms package to get the kernel module (there are >> several such packages in the debian repositories), > > Yep, that's what I did. The git

Re: What's the correct procedure for replacing a DKMS module when it's upstreamed?

2023-03-28 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Kushal, On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 08:13:33PM -0700, Kushal Kumaran wrote: > If you installed a -dkms package to get the kernel module (there are > several such packages in the debian repositories), Yep, that's what I did. The git repository I linked to builds an rt89-dkms .deb package. >

Re: What's the correct procedure for replacing a DKMS module when it's upstreamed?

2023-03-26 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Sun, Mar 26 2023 at 05:07:29 PM, Andy Smith wrote: > On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 04:51:25AM +, Andy Smith wrote: >> I have to build the kernel driver as an external DKMS >> module from: >> >> https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89 >> >> Specifically that is the rtw_8852be module. >> >> That

Re: What's the correct procedure for replacing a DKMS module when it's upstreamed?

2023-03-26 Thread Andy Smith
On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 04:51:25AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > I have to build the kernel driver as an external DKMS > module from: > > https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89 > > Specifically that is the rtw_8852be module. > > That works fine, but it seems that this driver actually is present >

What's the correct procedure for replacing a DKMS module when it's upstreamed?

2023-03-25 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, I have a Debian testing system with a Realtek 8852be wireless card. As the kernel in Debian testing does not currently support this hardware, I have to build the kernel driver as an external DKMS module from: https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89 Specifically that is the rtw_8852be module.