New versions, as always, available here.

* I added patching support in dkms.conf. You can now specify PATCH0=<patch_filename>, PATCH1=..., etc. in your dkms.conf and the patches will be applied in numerical order to your source each time before it builds. All patches are expected to be in -p1 format and should be installed into the /usr/src/<module>-<module-version>/patches/ directory.

* With patching support also comes kernel specific patches. These should be entered in the form of PATCH_<kernel-regexp> in dkms.conf. If the <kernel-regexp> matches to the kernel you are currently trying to build a module for, then this patch will be applied. All kernel specific patches are applied after generic patches.

* All module builds now occur in the directory /var/dkms/<module>/<module-version>/build/. Before each build, the source is copied into this directory for /usr/src/<module>-<module-version>/. If a build succeeds, then this directory is emptied after the build. However, if a build fails or if patches fail to apply, then this directory is left with the source in it so that further troubleshooting can be done.

* There is no longer a limit to how many MODULES_CONF entries can be placed in dkms.conf (used to be a 5 entry limit). As well, the format was changed from MODULES_CONF_<#>=... to just MODULES_CONF<#>=...

* DKMS no longer sources in /etc/init.d/functions as this is Red Hat specific and was not utilized anyway.

* Modules are no longer assumed to end with .o. This means the explicit built name of your module must be specified in dkms.conf.

By Gary at 05:02 PM in Linux | Comments (0)