[fab] Re: kernel modules in fedora

Rahul sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Fri Sep 1 19:36:27 UTC 2006


Christopher Blizzard wrote:
> Tim Burke wrote:
>>> Fair enough, Jesse.  Let me rephrase -- whatever else we do or don't 
>>> do, we need to enable people to do cool stuff with Fedora, not be an 
>>> impediment to them doing it.
>>>
>>> Insert all the "as long as it's FOSS, etc." stuff here.
>>>
>>> I think there needs to be a place for kernel modules somewhere in the 
>>> "Fedora Universe", that's all I'm saying.
>>>
>> The first step is ensuring that the mechanisms are in place to allow 
>> others in the Fedora universe to build, deliver and hook in their 
>> modules.  This is what Jon Masters has been providing support for.  We 
>> don't need to actually deliver kernel modules ourselves this way, but 
>> neither should we preclude others from doing so.
> 
> Is Jon's work documented anywhere?
> 
> --Chris
> 

http://www.kerneldrivers.org/

Rahul




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