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Dynamic Kernel Module System

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- Arch Linux bugtracker issue (this submission): https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/75212 - Arch Linux forum thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=277700 - DKMS upstream issue: https://github.com/dell/dkms/issues/229 - DKMS upstream pull request: https://github.com/dell/dkms/pull/230 TLDR: Issue started happening after https://github.com/dell/dkms/commit/3323033dfdc5f58afc303736... was applied, Arch Linux users can fix it by adding `sign_file='/usr/lib/modules/${kernelver}/build/scripts/sign-file'` to their DKMS configuration. This isn't yet featured on the Arch Linux homepage (https://archlinux.org/) under "News", so maybe this submission will at least help some people to not ending up with a temporary broken installation.

> one has to recompile drivers for new kernel versions. dkms requires compilation, but it happens automatically with kernel upgrade. Read more about its design: * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_S... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support * https://github.com/dell/dkms So not sure where you saw "frequent complaints", those are likely from people who have no clue what they are talking about.