Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: modutils for 2.5 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Date | 17 Mar 2003 13:47:03 -0800 |
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On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 13:40, Bob Miller wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:37:11PM -0500, jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 11:01:36AM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: > > > Yes there is. Look in: > > > > > > ftp.kernel.org://pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules > > > > Any idea if installing this break a redhat-8 kernel upgrade? I > > updated modutils some time ago and it does not seem very happy > > with 2.4 kernels now. I was using RPMs because I want to keep > > the package manager informed about which packages are installed. > > Perhaps there was a problem with the way the RPMs were made rather > > than the tools. > > > > Please read the README that comes with the package, it explains this > and other issues in more detail. In a nut shell you will need to save > away the currently installed tools so they can be used by "older" kernels. > > The makefile that comes with the package has targets that do the "right > thing". Please read the README.
Have seen a problem with the Redhat kernel upgrade after installing new modutils. Basically, the problem is that the kernel updater will install a new kernel, and build a new init ram disk (initrd), but the 2.5 version of modprobe/insmod will get put in the ram disk instead of the 2.4 version (modprobe.old). This is fixable, but a nuisance.
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