F18: Why does "modprobe ipv6" not load the module "ipv6"?

[Dan Horák]

Joachim Backes píše v Pá 14. 12. 2012 v 13:18 +0100: 
> On 12/14/2012 11:36 AM, Dan Horák wrote:
> > Joachim Backes píše v Pá 14. 12. 2012 v 10:47 +0100: 
> >> Hi F18 testers,
> >>
> >> It seems I'm doing something wrong:
> >>
> >> 1. "lsmod |grep ipv6" : no module ipv6 found. Then
> >> 2. "modprobe ipv6" reports no error, but ipv6 does not seem to be
> >>    loaded: same result as in 1.
> >>
> >>    There is no ipv6 listed in /etc/modprobe.d/ (blacklist.conf,
> >>    openfwwf.conf, udlfb.conf).
> >>
> >> Any advice appreciated.
> > 
> > ipv6 is built-in in the kernel, it doesn't exist as a module for quite
> > some time
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> but why then the find command locates the module ipv6 in /lib/modules?
> 
> find /lib/modules/3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 -name ipv6
> 
> /lib/modules/3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64/kernel/net/ipv6

it's a directory containing additional ipv6 modules, the module's name
would be ipv6.ko


Dan

> Kind regards
> 
> Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>
> 
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