From 832f68477ae6b804a1abbacf47ee875149014bb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexis Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:40:28 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] kernel: Mention location of DKMS build logs, upper-case 'DKMS' mentions. --- src/config/kernel.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/config/kernel.md b/src/config/kernel.md index 375027b8b..5b3e285b8 100644 --- a/src/config/kernel.md +++ b/src/config/kernel.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ modules. When updating the kernel, old versions are left behind in case it is necessary to roll back to an older version. Over time, old kernel versions can accumulate, -consuming disk space and increasing the time taken by dkms module updates. +consuming disk space and increasing the time taken by DKMS module updates. Furthermore, if `/boot` is a separate partition and fills up with old kernels, updating can fail or result in incomplete initramfs filesystems to be generated and result in kernel panics if they are being booted. Thus, it may be advisable @@ -121,13 +121,15 @@ boot. The `{pre,post}-remove` hooks are executed by [vkpurge(8)](https://man.voidlinux.org/vkpurge.8) when removing old kernels. -## Dynamic Kernel Module Support (dkms) +## Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) There are kernel modules that are not part of the Linux source tree that are -built at install time using dkms and [kernel hooks](#kernel-hooks). The +built at install time using DKMS and [kernel hooks](#kernel-hooks). The available modules can be listed by searching for `dkms` in the package repositories. +DKMS build logs are available in `/var/lib/dkms/`. + ## cmdline The kernel, the initial RAM disk (initrd) and some system programs can be