Re: 2.3.99-pre1: modprobe ide-cd fails due to new module subdirectory

From: Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Date: Wed Mar 15 2000 - 23:34:01 EST


On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:04:33 +0100 (CET),
Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.warande.net> wrote:
>Explicitly adding path[ide]=/lib/modules/2.3.99-pre1/ide to
>/etc/modules.conf fixes this problem. Where does modprobe get it's default
>pathnames from? Is it hardcoded into modprobe or does it get hints from
>the kernel somehow?

Hardcoded into modprobe. If the person who added /lib/modules/*/ide
had warned about this before patching the kernel then modutils would
already support the new directory. As it is, expect a new modutils
tomorrow.

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