re kernel-2.6.0-test: what to do with /etc/modprobe.conf??

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Thu Jul 31 18:33:41 UTC 2003


Robert P. J. Day (rpjday at mindspring.com) said: 
> but in what way does this help when one starts with a fresh
> install of severn, *then* upgrades to a 2.6.x kernel?  that
> doesn't involve a modutils upgrade since the new modutils are
> there from the beginning in severn, no?

Correct. If you need to re-run it:

echo "include /etc/modprobe.conf.dist" > /etc/modprobe.conf
/sbin/generate-modprobe.conf --stdin < /etc/modules.conf >> /etc/modprobe.conf

I'll look at a better way to handle this.

> i also have a lengthy /etc/modprobe.conf.dist full of utterly
> generic info.

Yes. modutils for 2.4 has built-in aliases for most of the
common protocols & devices. module-init-tools for 2.6 does
not have this info, ergo, the required table.

Bill





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