Kernel RPM & /etc/modules.conf

jludwig wralphie at comcast.net
Tue Apr 27 00:31:15 UTC 2004


On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 12:47, Ben Brown wrote:
> I manage five Dell servers, running FC1, with NetXtreme BCM5701 NICs.
> They use drivers that have to be downloaded and compiled, which works
> great, except that when an updated kernel RPM gets installed (either
> manually or via yum), /etc/modules.conf gets re-written and the eth0 &
> eth1 modules get changed from bcm5700 to tg3.
> 
> Occasionally, these machines get rebooted, and if the modules.conf file
> doesn't get changed to load the compiled modules, we lose network
> connectivity to the machines. Does anyone know what causes the file to
> get re-written, or how to change this behavior?
> 
> Thanks.
> -- 
> -------------
> Ben Brown
> http://www.xthorsworld.com/
I have the same issue with firewall rules. You may want to chattr the
modules.conf file. I don't know how this will affect your yum upgrades.
-- 
jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>





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