Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4054 mails)

[Sunny <sloncho@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/15/06, Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes it's correct (except it's /usr/sbin). It's in noarch and the
> description is
>
> Kernel driver packages contain kernel loadable modules, and only work
> with a specific kernel package. The kernel upgrade tool
> (/sbin/kernel-upgrade-tool) supports kernel package status inquiry, and
> handles driver packages during kernel installations and upgrades (user
> interaction, driver download and/or reuse of drivers for more recent
> kernels).
>
> Note that the text is wrong. The program is /usr/sbin/kernel-update-tool
>
> It helps you update the kernel, and to get updated versions of kernel
> module packages external to the main kernel package when you update the
> kernel
>
> Ugh, that sentence doesn't look good, I hope the meaning comes across :)
>
>

I'm not completely sure, but this description really looks like
something which creates a kernel modules for third party drivers like
nVidia's. So, most probably it is present on nVidia systems, at least
I have it.

In the past I used to update my nVidia drivers manually, and then,
whenever I updated the kernel, I needed to rerun nvidia installer and
to rebuild the kernel driver for this new kernel. Later on, after I
used the fetchnvidia from online update, I do not have to do this any
more, so looks like something takes care for this.

As I said, I'm not sure, but the description fits such a behaviour.

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Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)