How to force dkms_autoinstaller build and install even when status=installed-weak

[Fajar A. Nugraha]

Hi list,

I hope this is the right place to ask this question.

Short summary :
- RHEL5 (module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.16.0.1.el5) comes with
/etc/depmod.d/depmod.conf.dist which says "search updates extra built-in
weak-updates"
- "dkms install", when it's status is not already installed, will
install modules on /lib/modules/KERNEL_VERSION/extra, ignoring
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION (at least that is the case with
dkms-2.0.16-1.el5.rf) which is fine.
- "dkms install" will also call weak-modules, which in turn install
kabi-compatible module versions to weak-updates
- RHEL5 will ignore weak-updates if the specified module already exists
as built-in
- /etc/init.d/dkms_autoinstaller will ignore modules with status
"installed-weak"

So, for modules like qla2xxx, this means that when a kernel update
occurs, weak-modules will kick in, making dkms_autoinstaller refuse to
rebuild and install that particular version, but the kernel will not use
the weak-update.

Possible tweaking on RHEL5 side :
- I could remove /etc/depmod.d/depmod.conf.dist. But it will be
installed again on next update, so this is not a good option.
- I could edit /etc/depmod.d/depmod.conf.dist. But there will be
depmod.conf.dist.rpmnew/rpmsave on next update, which could get messy,
so this is not a good option.
- I could use my own version of module-init-tools, and prevent upgrades
from upstream from this package. But I'd rather not do this unless I
absolutely have to.

Possible tweaking on dkms side :
If there's a way to force dkms_autoinstaller to build and install even
when status=installed-weak, I'd rather use it.

I'm aware that forcing dkms_autoinstaller would result in an unnecessary
overhead to build the module, but that's fine. It would probably be
better if it just MOVE the module from weak-updates to either updates or
extra.

Is it possible?

Regards,

Fajar