Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: dkms
Proprietary modules (like fgrlx) usually need an update to build against
newer kernels than what the driver was tested with. People installing
backported kernels (either from a distro release or vanilla upstream
ones) face problems when the build fails against such a kernel, and
apport files bugs which have to be cleaned afterwards.
There should be a way to tell dkms not to build a module for kernels
newer than $FOO, or (maybe preferably) at least make the failure non-
fatal so that the package still installs fine but issues a warning that
the build failed for some kernel(s).
** Affects: dkms (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist
Status: New
** Changed in: dkms (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735505
Title:
RFC: add a mechanism to disable building a module for known bad
kernels
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