On Friday 18 Jan 2013 12:25:16 Alan Pope wrote: > On 18/01/13 02:36, Rob Beard wrote: > > I was under the impression that you can configure things like drivers to > > re-compile when a kernel changes, not that I know exactly how to > > configure it to do so (is it something to do with DKMS?). > > Yes, DKMS does that. > > However sometimes (not often) the upstream driver breaks when a new > kernel comes out which might need manual intervention. If this scares > you then choose a machine which has non-stupid wifi if possible.
I've used DKMS before, mainly for Nvidia drivers. It isn't that it scares me - I used Fedora before moving over to Ubuntu and that required the re- installation of graphics drivers every time the kernel changed - I just don't fancy having to remember to check after every upgrade. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
