Hi all, I am in the process of packaging up some new infiniband kernel modules for debian. I have a source package that can be run though module-assistant to build kernel modules.
However, some of these kernel modules replace modules that already ship in the debian kernel. Although the new modules end up being installed into a different directory hierarchy under /usr/lib/<kernel-version>, and do not overwrite the older kernel modules, the modules need to be removed or renamed so that when "modprobe" is invoked, the newer modules are picked up and installed. The current way I am handling the install is to rename the existing kernel modules in the package preinst and postrm scripts before running depmod. This has the potential to break horribly if the user updates the current kernel with a point release, as the older kernel modules will be put back in place. Is there a better way to handle this? Cheers, Guy -- Dr Guy Coates, Informatics System Group The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 834244 ex 6925 Fax: +44 (0)1223 496802 -- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
