Yes, Adam didn't say it explicitely, but your premise is wrong -- dpkg blithely overwrites all files that aren't marked as conffiles.
Unless Michael used dpkg-divert on those drivers before inserting his own versions. Not likely, but maybe this will jog a memory...
Nope, didn't get any more complicated than cp. :)
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