I just got my copy of June 2003's Linux Journal in the mail. On page 10, in the "diff -u: What's New in Kernel Development" section (by Zach Brown):

Dynamic kernel module support (DKMS) has come from a developer group at
Dell. A GPLed project, it aims to allow device driver source code to
reside anywhere on the filesystem, not only in the kernel source tree.
This makes it easier for vendors to release new versions of their
drivers and for users to recompile those drivers. As of March 2003,
DKMS is 2.4-specific, and it doesn't take account of some of the massive
reworkings appearing in 2.5, especially with the module code itself.

I'm not sure about the 2.5 comments as there were some threads about the module name it expects back in March, but DKMS should be ready to go regardless of kernel. But, who cares, its some good press.

By Gary at 07:03 PM in Linux | Comments (0)