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   Mike Easter to Mike Easter   
   Re: Compiling TBSDTV drivers   
   23 Sep 25 16:44:44   
   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Mike Easter wrote:   
   > I'm trying to learn something about this. I read at Myth TV:   
      
   The other thing I'm learning in this regard: MythTV forum:   
      
   > I use the drivers from https://github.com/tbsdtv/media_build it   
   > fairly straight forward to set up and use but it is a pain to have   
   > to manually update the drivers after each kernel update   
      
   And I'm learning about DKMS:   
   > Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) is a program/framework that   
   > enables generating Linux kernel modules whose sources generally   
   > reside outside the kernel source tree. The concept is to have DKMS   
   > modules automatically rebuilt when a new kernel is installed.   
      
   > An essential feature of DKMS is that it automatically recompiles all   
   > DKMS modules if a new kernel version is installed. This allows   
   > drivers and devices outside of the mainline kernel to continue   
   > working after a Linux kernel upgrade.   
      
   Well; that would be cool; like *magic*.   
      
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
      
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