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Re: modules: which rpm?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Foresman)
Fri Nov 8 20:11:19 1996
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 19:07:27 -0600
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From: David Foresman <sparhawk@enteract.com>
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the modules rpm contains the programs that allow modules support in linux.
i.e. insmod, rmmod, lsmod, depmod and modprobe, amoung outhers.
the kernel-modules rpm contains the modules for that specific kernel. i.e.
the scsi, filesystem, and ethernet drivers for kernel 2.0.18.
They are 2 completely seperate packages.
At 03:47 PM 11/8/96 -0800, you wrote:
>I am downloading 2.0.24 kernel sources and I want to make
>sure I have the latest modules installed (if any).
>
>[root@borg doc]# rpm -q modules
>modules-2.0.0-4
>[root@borg doc]#
>
>[root@borg doc]# rpm -Uhv --force
>/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-modules-2.0.18-5.i386.rpm
>kernel-modules
>##################################################
>
>Looks like it got installed. Let's see:
>
>[root@borg doc]# rpm -q modules
>modules-2.0.0-4
>
>[vlad@borg doc]$ rpm -q kernel-modules
>kernel-modules-2.0.18-5
>[vlad@borg doc]$
>
>So, why are there two modules packages with not consistent
>names? Can anyone assure me that the latest modules (from
>2.0.18-5 package) will be used when I re-compile kernel? And
>why there's no readme docs with modules-2.0.18-5?
>
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