From 7ee8ba80cc424d59dc241a72d3b16cc8325d611b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tzafrir Cohen Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:39:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] README: note on DKMS git-svn-id: http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/dahdi/linux/trunk@10480 a0bf4364-ded3-4de4-8d8a-66a801d63aff --- README | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index f1d3e6c..50979aa 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -163,6 +163,24 @@ to the script: ./build_tools/make_static_devs -d tmp/newroot/dev/dahdi +DKMS +---- +DKMS, Dynamic Kernel Module Support, is a framework for building Linux +kernel modules. It is used, among others, by several distributions that +package the DAHDI kernel modules. + +DKMS is designed to provide updates over drivers installed from original +kernel modules tree. Thus it installed modules into /lib/modules/updates +or /lib/modules/VERSION/updates . This is generally not an issue on +normal operation. However if you try to install DAHDI from source on +a system with DAHDI installed from DKMS this way (potentially of an +older version), be sure to remove the DKMS-installed modules from the +updates directory. If you're not sure, the following command will give +you a clue of the versions installed: + + find /lib/modules -name dahdi.ko + + Installing the B410P drivers with mISDN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAHDI includes the wcb4xxp driver for the B410P, however, support for the