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Dynamic Kernel Module Support: From Theory to Practice
Overview DKMS is a framework which allows individual kernel modules to be upgraded without changing your whole kernel. Its primary audience is fourfold: system administrators who want to update a single device driver rather than wait for a new kernel from elsewhere with it included; distribution maintainers, who want to release a single targeted bugfix in between larger scheduled updates; system manufacturers who need single modules changed to support new hardware or to fix bugs, but do not wish to test whole new kernels; and driver developers, who must provide updated device drivers for testing and general use on a wide variety of kernels, as well as submit drivers to kernel.org.
| Publisher | Dell | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | July 2004 | Downloads | 54 |
| Format | White Papers | ||
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