Bug#476900: ITP: fglrx-kernel-modules -- fglrx (ATI driver) kernel module build against the last kernel

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 05:11:30AM +0200, Bertrand Marc wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Bertrand Marc <beberking@gmail.com>
> 
> * Package name    : fglrx-kernel-modules
>   Version         : 1:8-4-1 
>   Upstream Author : ATI/AMD
> * URL             : http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/linux-radeon.html
> * License         : restricted
>   Description     : fglrx (ATI driver) kernel module build against the last kernel
> 
> It is a simple package that provide the fglrx kernel module compiled for
> the last 2.6 kernel found in Debian. It compiles fglrx-kernel-src. There
> would be no need of module-assistant to get (proprietary) 3D
> acceleration working.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

module-assistant is a very good method, and lets a user easily compile
modules for a custom made kernel.

What exactly does ATI's 50MB blob do that is somehow better?  Does it
generate debian packages and isntall them?  Does it respect the correct
locations to install files?

-- 
Len Sorensen