[Mageia-dev] kmod issue with modprobe install rules.

Thomas Backlund tmb at mageia.org
Sun Apr 22 15:39:41 CEST 2012


22.04.2012 15:47, Colin Guthrie skrev:
> Hi,
> 
> I think I've found a problem:
> 
> If we have a line:
> 
> install ide-controller /sbin/modprobe ide_generic; /bin/true
> 
> 
> then module-init-tools will allow us to do:
> 
> modprobe ide-controller
> 
> but with kmod, it just says:
> 
> FATAL: Module wibble not found.
> 
> 
> So it seems it looks up the module first an bails before running the
> install rule.
> 
> I've never quite understood the ide-controller stuff, but this
> difference could cause us other problems.
> 

Indeed.

I've reported it upstream.

--
Thomas



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