WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/???, it will be ignored in a future release.

[Antonio Olivares]

Dear fellow testers,

I am sure some of you have seen this:  

[root at riohigh log]# cat boot.log | grep 'WARNING'
ip6tables: Applying firewall rules: WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist, it will be ignored in a future release.           
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-visor, it will be ignored in a future release.                                                  
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/anaconda, it will be ignored in a future release.                                                         
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/floppy-pnp, it will be ignored in a future release.                                                       
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
Starting RPC idmapd: WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-visor, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/anaconda, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/floppy-pnp, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.dist, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-visor, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/anaconda, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/floppy-pnp, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.


What does allof this mean anyway?

I am? very much surprised no one has mentioned it, and if someone did, it went flying past and did not see it :)  
Are they just friendly warnings?

Regards,

Antonio