Automatically build and install kernel-modules

["Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Hi all, 

althoug this is not quite debian-amd-related, I am looking fo a way, to 
automatically build and install kernel-modules, which must normally build by 
hand and, which got sources in the repository. These are i.e. madwifi, 
nvidia-kernel and some other. 

Why not manually ? Well, the problem is, when a new kernel-version was 
installed, and the required modules are not build, it might make the system 
unusable (i.e. wireless networking will not work any more, or Xwon't start)

This is a problem for newbies (and other users with less technical knowledge).

So my idea: Change the kernel-installer scripts, so that they build and 
install the modules at a new kernel (the script might compare between "before 
update" and "installation version")  and then build the required modules out 
of a list using module-assistant commandline-tool (or m-a -i).

Or miss I something and this is already working at another way ? So let me 
know.


Regards 

Hans-J. Ullrich