Re: Kernel module package depending on kernel-headers.

[Tore Anderson <tore@linpro.no>]

Sven LUTHER <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 03:31:57PM +0200, Tore Anderson wrote:
>
> > I think policy should reccomend third-party modules to be installed
> > in the the directory common for all kernels with the same minor
> > release.
> 
> How do you handle the case when the module in question only works with a
> subset of the kernels (let say a 2.4.x module will only work ith kernels
> later than 2.4.7 or something such ?).

Reccomend - not mandate. If the modules have these tight dependencies
on the running kernel version, the maintainer can (and should) opt not
to follow that reccomandation.

However, in the case of more 'standalone' modules (ALSA was mentioned),
there shouldn't be any reason to depend on the exact kernel version.

-- 
Tore Anderson