DKMS 0.41.11 is now available (tarball or RPM):

* Moved dkms from /sbin/dkms to /usr/sbin/dkms

* Thanks to the work of Matt Domsch, there is now a Red Hat kernel preparation routine which removes the time consuming make dep stage for module builds on Red Hat kernels. In order to utilize this improved process, you kernel sources must be in a pristine state as delivered by the Red Hat kernel-source RPM (they've never had make dep or make mrproper run on them). So, if you've previously used DKMS for a kernel, you'll either have to reinstall your kernel source, or stick with the "General" preparation routine as before.

* Added /usr/sbin/dkms_mkkerneldoth to enable the quicker Red Hat prep routine

* Fixed a bug in dkms_autoinstaller which was causing it not to run correctly

* Fixed a bug during uninstall where original_modules were not actually getting reinstalled even though it told you they were

* Fixed DKMS to unset all arrays before using them.

* Changed expected driver disk file "module-info" to "modinfo" in order to support legacy Red Hat driver disk formats

* Fixed mkdriverdisk such that it actually copies the rhdd-6.1 file into the driver disk image

* Kernel makefiles are no longer edited during kernel preparation. Instead KERNELRELEASE=$kernel_version is passed to make commands.

* Removed the unnecessary depmod during uninstall of a module

By Gary at 04:58 PM in Linux | Comments (0)