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author | Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com> | 2012-03-15 14:39:15 +0000 |
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committer | Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com> | 2012-03-15 14:39:15 +0000 |
commit | 0e97657da8bc55ab2cd77fbcf68027f4b50616ed (patch) | |
tree | a2a7528bb043f3f346e2cae845652612a0bba01f | |
parent | 2910f9b13bb127987b3f9db4fa0e45a386976e2b (diff) |
README: note on DKMS
git-svn-id: http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/dahdi/linux/trunk@10480 a0bf4364-ded3-4de4-8d8a-66a801d63aff
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@@ -163,6 +163,24 @@ to the script: ./build_tools/make_static_devs -d tmp/newroot/dev/dahdi +DKMS +---- +DKMS, Dynamic Kernel Module Support, is a framework for building Linux +kernel modules. It is used, among others, by several distributions that +package the DAHDI kernel modules. + +DKMS is designed to provide updates over drivers installed from original +kernel modules tree. Thus it installed modules into /lib/modules/updates +or /lib/modules/VERSION/updates . This is generally not an issue on +normal operation. However if you try to install DAHDI from source on +a system with DAHDI installed from DKMS this way (potentially of an +older version), be sure to remove the DKMS-installed modules from the +updates directory. If you're not sure, the following command will give +you a clue of the versions installed: + + find /lib/modules -name dahdi.ko + + Installing the B410P drivers with mISDN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAHDI includes the wcb4xxp driver for the B410P, however, support for the |