[ATrpms-devel] FC6 yum update doesn't update nvidia-graphics kmdl

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 07:52:28AM -0300, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
> Axel, what does make a kernel pick a module in /lib/modules/.../updates,
> instead of the original version in its original place, as in video4linux?

module-init-tools does that by itself, e.g. the directories under
/lib/modules are scanned in a certain order with /updates/ first and
/kernel/ last. The mechanism has become a bit involved lately due to
the dynamical weak-symbols feature, but the basics are still the same.

> In the nvidia case both modules are in updates.  Why one would be
> preferred to the other?

Due to the "nvidia" alias in /etc/modprobe.conf.
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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