Which package typically includes network controller drivers

[Connor Kuehl]

On 11/15/19 3:25 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> One last question, if you don't mind...
> 
> I'm wondering who/what creates linux-modules adn linux-modules-extras.
> I would not be surprised if the kernel's scripts created a rpm by
> default. (But I would be surprised to learn it created, say, Pacman
> packages).

I don't know about other distros since I'm most familiar with Ubuntu, 
but this is how Ubuntu ships their kernels & modules. I don't know if 
other distros split theirs like this.

> 
> Does the kernel's build scripts perform any packaging? Or is it left
> to a distro?

It can!

You can run "make debpkg" (or "make bindeb-pkg" to avoid a clean) to 
produce Debian packages "make rpm-pkg" to produce RPM packages.

- Connor