[elrepo] kmod -> driver disk

[Phil Perry]

On 03/01/11 12:35, Mário Barbosa wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Can anyone give me some quick pointers as to how to merge some of these
> kmod's into a driver disk to be used at install time?
>
> My personal needs/wishes involve the sk98lin and the r8192se modules,
> but I am looking for a general approach on how to do this for "any"
> combination of drivers to be used on both el5 and el6 installs.
>
> TIA,
> Mário Barbosa


ELRepo packages kmods using Red Hat's Driver Update Programme framework:

http://dup.et.redhat.com/

As a starting point, take a look at the section entitled "Building a 
Driver Update Disk".

I've not personally built any driver update disks, so perhaps someone on 
this list might have the relevant experience to assist further, or you 
can let us know how you get on.

As mentioned in the above article, only storage and network drivers 
really need to be installed using driver disks during installation, 
anything else can be installed from an optional add-on repository.

Hope that helps,

Phil