Re: What's the correct procedure for replacing a DKMS module when it's upstreamed?
On Tue, Mar 28 2023 at 03:07:10 PM, Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote:
> Hi Kushal,
>
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 08:13:33PM -0700, Kushal Kumaran wrote:
>> If you installed a -dkms package to get the kernel module (there are
>> several such packages in the debian repositories),
>
> Yep, that's what I did. The git repository I linked to builds an
> rt89-dkms .deb package.
>
>> uninstalling it will remove it.
>
> But will that remove the module from the currently running kernel?
> That would be undesirable since I would still be relying upon it to
> make the wifi work until I rebooted!
>
You can remove the dkms-built modules for specific kernel versions. See
the dkms manpage.
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regards,
kushal
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