Marius Schwarz wrote:
> The precompiled kmod-nvidia packages where hell, because they sometimes
> needed days to get online.
> While people where waiting, the system did not boot into the newest
> kernel as the needed driver was missing.

DNF just needs to prevent the upgrade as long as the kmod is not available. 
I think that this can actually be enforced through boolean dependencies 
nowadays, without requiring any special handling in DNF: the kmod-nvidia 
metapackage should not just have a:
Requires: kmod-nvidia-%{latest_kernel_version}
as in the past, but also a:
Requires: (kmod-nvidia-bin > %{latest_kernel_version} if kernel > 
%{latest_kernel_version})
where kmod-nvidia-%{latest_kernel_version}:
Provides: kmod-nvidia-bin = %{latest_kernel_version}
Requires: kernel = %{latest_kernel_version}

So this will forbid installing a newer kernel unless there is also a newer 
kernel module to go with it (and the Requires in the module enforces that 
the versions also have to actually correspond).

        Kevin Kofler
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