yum - kernel standalone modules

[Jim Cornette]

Mick Mearns wrote:
> Hello;
>   this is the latest problem:
> 
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1329_FC4 is needed by
> package cman-kernel
> Error: Missing Dependency: /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1329_FC4 is needed by
> package dlm-kernel
> Error: Missing Dependency: /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1329_FC4 is needed by
> package GFS-kernel
> Error: Missing Dependency: libjawt.so.6 is needed by package
> openoffice.org-core
> Error: Missing Dependency: /lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1329_FC4 is needed by
> package gnbd-kernel
>

My surprise was to how large of a gap there was between kernel versions. 
(1329 to 1340)

  rpm -qa |grep kernel
*kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1340_FC4*
GFS-kernel-2.6.11.7-20050519.153509.FC4.1
*kernel-doc-2.6.11-1.1340_FC4*
kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1329_FC4
kernel-2.6.11-1.1329_FC4
cman-kernel-2.6.11.4-20050517.141233.FC4.5
gnbd-kernel-2.6.11.2-20050420.133124.FC4.27
*kernel-2.6.11-1.1340_FC4*
dlm-kernel-2.6.11.4-20050517.141233.FC4.5

  No additional modules were pushed to rawhide, but the kernel-1340 
installed without complaints from yum. I supposed that the module would 
need to be different for the new kernel version. I was wrong with this 
assumption.

  locate gfs.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1329_FC4/kernel/fs/gfs/gfs.ko

As a test of the database being updated after running updatedb, I ran 
this and modules in the kernel showed up.

locate i810.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1340_FC4/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i810.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1340_FC4/kernel/drivers/char/drm/i810.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1329_FC4/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i810.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.11-1.1329_FC4/kernel/drivers/char/drm/i810.ko

Jim

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