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As the Linux® operating system (OS) gains a deeper foothold in enterprise environments, system administrators have become increasingly concerned about the management of Linux kernel modules. In the best-case scenario, every driver needed to run every piece of system hardware would come precompiled with the Linux kernel.In practice, however, hardware drivers often are released separately from the kernel, and updates for drivers native to the kernel also are released independently, superseding the drivers within the latest kernel version.Until the ultimate goal of pushing all driver modifications back into the kernel is met, Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS), a software project created by the Dell™ Linux Engineering team, can help administrators add, build, install, remove, and track Linux kernel modules. DKMS aims to create a standardized framework for collecting driver source code, building this source code into loadable compiled-module binary files, and then installing and uninstalling these modules into the Linux kernel as needed.
