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Re: modules



Once upon a time, I heard Viktor Rosenfeld say

> (**) I never understood why "dpkg -i" bitches about the fact that you
> install the same kernel version as the currently running kernel.  It
> justifies it with possible confusion in /lib/modules/<version>, but
> that's what I don't get.  Newly compiled modules will overwrite the old,
> and older kernel modules should still load perfectly, because they're
> for the same kernel-version.  What's the big deal then?
Let's say you turn off apm, and remove some modules. If your old module with
apm get loaded, ummm, I don't what's going to happen. May be nothing serious
would happen.

Chanop

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