Out of tree modules and Mainline kernels?

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 06:01:31PM +0000, Eric Appleman wrote:
> Hi, I've been using the 3.1 daily and RC kernels in order to facilitate testing
> of new Nouveau features, but I've been encountering soft kernel panics whenever
> I try to load OOT modules such as the Nvidia blob or ACPI call.
> 
> Is there any way around this (minus rolling) or do I need to wait for Precise
> kernels?
> 
> Source:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7482469/why-is-this-kernel-module-marked-at-permanent-on-2-6-39

After some recent experimentation it seems that installing OOT packages
in a Lucid chroot and then copying them into the main root is
successful.

-apw