WARNING: All config files need .conf

[Γιώργος Πάλλας <gpall@ccf.auth.gr>]

I started seeing this message during boot time, after some upgrade.

These are the messages:

Fri May 15 21:27:02 2009: Configuring network interfaces...WARNING: All
config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/irda, it will be ignored in a
future release.
Fri May 15 21:27:03 2009: WARNING: All config files need .conf:
/etc/modprobe.d/nsc-ircc, it will be ignored in a future release.
Fri May 15 21:27:03 2009: WARNING: All config files need .conf:
/etc/modprobe.d/padlock-aes, it will be ignored in a future release.
Fri May 15 21:27:03 2009: WARNING: All config files need .conf:
/etc/modprobe.d/padlock-sha, it will be ignored in a future release.
Fri May 15 21:27:03 2009: WARNING: All config files need .conf:
/etc/modprobe.d/intel_rng, it will be ignored in a future release.

My question is since I dont find these packages to belong to any
package, what should I do about them? And what is their purpose
actually? To forbid modules from loading into the kernel? Why? What
happens if I delete them?

G.

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