dkms on el5 and new kernels

Matt Domsch Matt_Domsch at dell.com
Wed Nov 5 22:04:50 CST 2008


On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 09:46:20AM -0600, Thomas_Chenault at dell.com wrote:
> Rainer Traut wrote:
> > How can I use dell supplied modules in updated kernels?
> 
> > Problem is, it just does not work, because all dell supplied modules 
> > are installed to weak-updates where they are just not used.
> 
> You can override the module search order in
> /etc/depmod.d/depmod.conf.dist and then rerun depmod.

This may be, but it doesn't make any sense.  The whole point of
weak-updates is that they _are_ to be used.  If they're not being
used, that's a problem.

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Matt Domsch
Linux Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
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