On 1/15/06, Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net> 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. -- -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)