On Thursday 03 April 2008, Axel Thimm wrote:
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 10:40:29AM -0600, Robin Laing wrote: The drivers break every few kernel upgrades, whether it's dkms or kmdl doesn't matter. So you need to go back to the vendor and ask for a new copy of the packages anyway.
And their (Zanders) reply is that they don't support developmental/experimental kernels.
And with kmdls you don't have to expose your system by installing compilers and a whole development suite just for creating dkms built modules.
But dkms does have it's benefits, which is why kmdl2 [1] has dkmdls :)
[1] Soon at an ATrpms mirror near you.
Thanks Axel, but ATM its moot, there's an ATI card in here now.