On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 20:12, Christoph Mathys <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > Not sure if I picked to correct list for asking about packaging kernel > modules and handle different kernels, so sorry if this question is OT. > > The software in question contains some userland tools and a kernel > module. It seems pretty straight forward to just compile and pack > everything together for the system as it is just at the given moment. > > However, I'm completely lost when it comes to handling kernel modules in > a little more elaborate way. I could not find much documenation about > how to do this, module-assistant being more or less the only specific > tool for module handling I found. > > So, how do I handle different flavours and versions of a kernel? What to > do if the kernel is upgraded? Do I need to provide a package for every > kernel that should be supported? Or better create a package which will > compile itself if the kernel on the system is not supported? But then, > what to do if a different kernel is booted next time? I hope for some > pointers on how I could handle this one or which packages do a similar > thing so I could take a closer look. >
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