Re: Bug#74913: modconf does not find modules for 2.4.0 kernels

To: Malcolm Parsons <malcolm@ivywell.screaming.net>, 74913@bugs.debian.org
Cc: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#74913: modconf does not find modules for 2.4.0 kernels
From: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:58:09 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 20001016175809.A928@tausq.org>
Reply-to: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] E13lHft-0001lL-00@arthur.ivywell>; from malcolm@ivywell.screaming.net on Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 10:20:01PM +0100
References: <[🔎] E13lHft-0001lL-00@arthur.ivywell>

> modules for 2.4 are named /lib/modules/2.4.0/kernel/foo/bar/baz.o
> 
> modconf is looking for /lib/modules/2.4.0/foo/baz.o
> 
> perhaps modconf should call find(1) to locate the modules.

IIRC modconf just calls modprobe, so if you have a 2.4-kernel-compatible
modprobe/modutils it will work fine.

I'm not sure this is really a modconf bug, but I'll leave it open for
now.

randolph
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