<s>
Dynamic	B-Application
Kernel	I-Application
Module	I-Application
Support	I-Application
(	O
DKMS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
program/framework	O
that	O
enables	O
generating	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	I-Application
modules	I-Application
whose	O
sources	O
generally	O
reside	O
outside	O
the	O
kernel	O
source	O
tree	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
is	O
to	O
have	O
DKMS	O
modules	B-Application
automatically	O
rebuilt	O
when	O
a	O
new	O
kernel	O
is	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
essential	O
feature	O
of	O
DKMS	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
automatically	O
recompiles	B-Language
all	O
DKMS	O
modules	B-Application
if	O
a	O
new	O
kernel	O
version	O
is	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
drivers	O
and	O
devices	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
mainline	B-Application
kernel	I-Application
to	O
continue	O
working	O
after	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
upgrade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
benefit	O
of	O
DKMS	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
allows	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
driver	O
on	O
an	O
existing	O
system	O
,	O
running	O
an	O
arbitrary	O
kernel	O
version	O
,	O
without	O
any	O
need	O
for	O
manual	O
compilation	B-Language
or	O
precompiled	O
packages	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
vendor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DKMS	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Engineering	O
Team	O
at	O
Dell	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
many	O
distributions	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
Fedora	O
,	O
SUSE	O
,	O
Mageia	O
and	O
Arch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DKMS	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
v2	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DKMS	O
supports	O
both	O
the	O
rpm	B-Application
and	O
deb	O
package	O
formats	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
