Appeal to the kmod maintainer of VirtualBox over at rpmfusion

Matt Domsch Matt_Domsch at dell.com
Thu Jun 10 02:08:49 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 03:21:29PM -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> Paul wrote:
> > Please, could you rebuild the latest rawhide kernels the modules
> > required for VirtualBox-OSE? The latest ones are ages old and won't work
> > unless I'm using a seriously old kernel.
> 
> You should post at the rpmfusion lists[1].
> 
> P.S. this is why I despise kmods. You should convince them to use dkms, 
> which is supported by Fedora. The akmod/kmod system is just a disaster.

(well, as supported as anything to do with 3rd party kernel modules is
supported in Fedora).  At least it's present and can be useful in
these scenarios, and not require someone else to do something for you
first.

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist
Dell | Office of the CTO


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