From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:50:43 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Fill in out-of-tree modules
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Fill in out-of-tree modules
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 <div class="slide">
   <h1>Out-of-tree modules</h1>
+  <p>
+    The kernel team does not encourage the use of out-of-tree modules.
+    However, we support them by providing development packages and by
+    avoiding ABI changes during a stable release.
+  </p>
+  <p class="incremental">
+    Debian has two packages to aid in building out-of-tree modules:
+  </p>
+  <ul class="incremental">
+    <li>
+      <tt>dkms</tt> - builds and installs modules automatically.  Can
+      build packages for installation on other systems.  Also
+      supported by Ubuntu and SUSE.
+    </li>
+    <li>
+      <tt>module-assistant</tt> - builds packages as directed.
+      Uses a separate package name for each kernel ABI.
+    </li>
+  </ul>
 </div>
 
 <div class="slide">