From 53d5d68f0161902b2238feaf1da9ebcdec85f6bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gilbert Standen Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 13:43:22 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update INSTALL.md --- INSTALL.md | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md index 9b03148ea..83629dc70 100644 --- a/INSTALL.md +++ b/INSTALL.md @@ -41,9 +41,16 @@ or not your Linux distribution supports a package manager: Since the above step installs several kernel modules into directory /lib/modules/$(uname -r), that step has to be repeated every time a new kernel or a kernel update has been installed. If you want to avoid this, install the -scst-dkms package instead of the scst package. That will cause SCST to be -rebuilt and installed every time a kernel version is booted for which the SCST -kernel modules had not yet been built. +scst-dkms package instead of the scst package. + +For example, if you want to have dkms support for your SCST rpm install, then you would use the +following command to make your SCST packages: + +make scst-dkms-rpm + +This make step will create rpm packages that will cause SCST to be automatically rebuilt and installed every time a +new kernel version is installed and booted for which the SCST kernel modules had not yet been built so that SCST +rpm packages will not need to be rebuilt after each kernel update. ## Configuring SCST