Re: What's the correct procedure for replacing a DKMS module when it's upstreamed?

[Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net>]

On Sun, Mar 26 2023 at 05:07:29 PM, Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 04:51:25AM +0000, Andy Smith wrote:
>> I have to build the kernel driver as an external DKMS
>> module from:
>> 
>>     https://github.com/lwfinger/rtw89
>> 
>> Specifically that is the rtw_8852be module.
>> 
>> That works fine, but it seems that this driver actually is present
>> in upstream kernel versions somewhere in v6.1.x.
>
> After asking about this on debian-kernel it was pointed out that the
> driver is not actually functional until somewhere in the 6.2
> upstream kernel, so is unlikely to be making it to a 6.1 LTS kernel
> that will be found in bookworm.
>
> It may be in the trixie kernel package and/or I may end up getting
> it from some future bookworm-backports kernel package, so the
> question still remains about the proper way to transition from a
> DKMS to an included module.
>

If you used dkms add to install the driver in the first place, dkms
remove will remove it.  See the manpage for the dkms command for
details.

If you installed a -dkms package to get the kernel module (there are
several such packages in the debian repositories), uninstalling it will
remove it.

-- 
regards,
kushal