Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: 2.3.99-pre1: modprobe ide-cd fails due to new module subdirectory | Date | Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:34:01 +1100 |
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:04:33 +0100 (CET), Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.warande.net> wrote: >Explicitly adding path[ide]=/lib/modules/2.3.99-pre1/ide to >/etc/modules.conf fixes this problem. Where does modprobe get it's default >pathnames from? Is it hardcoded into modprobe or does it get hints from >the kernel somehow?
Hardcoded into modprobe. If the person who added /lib/modules/*/ide had warned about this before patching the kernel then modutils would already support the new directory. As it is, expect a new modutils tomorrow.
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