On 3 April 2010 20:04, Andrew Junev <a-j(a)a-j.ru> wrote:
I have a vt6656 WiFi adapter that needs a separate driver to work in
Linux. The driver is neither in "native" Fedora repos, nor in
rpmfusion (at least I don't know how to search for it, so I think it's
not there).
So whenever I do a 'yum update' and get a new kernel, I have to
compile a new kernel module as well. Currently, I first reboot to a
new kernel, then compile a module and then do another reboot just to
check everything is loading properly on bootup.
How do I compile my driver for a new kernel _before_ actually booting
into that new kernel, so that I could be prepared with the new kernel
module already on first reboot?
My advice is to investigate whether you can package it to work with DKMS:
http://linux.dell.com/dkms/
http://linux.dell.com/dkms/manpage.html
You can write infrastructure yourself, you can probably use akmods,
but I have done exactly what you require for other kernel modules
using DKMS as the infrastructure.
FWIW, DKMS doesn't normally pre-build the module, it builds it on
first boot into the kernel - so it's not exactly what you want.
--
Sam