MODULES_CONF[#] modifies /etc/modprobe.d/dkms.conf instead of /etc/modules

[Guillaume]

Binary package hint: dkms

Hello,

With this dkms.conf on Karmic with dkms 2.1.0.1 :

DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/drivers/video/backlight"
PACKAGE_NAME="nvidia_bl"
PACKAGE_VERSION="0.50"
CLEAN="make -C ${kernel_source_dir} SUBDIRS=${dkms_tree}/${PACKAGE_NAME}/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/build clean"
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="$PACKAGE_NAME"
MAKE[0]="make -C ${kernel_source_dir} SUBDIRS=${dkms_tree}/${PACKAGE_NAME}/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/build modules"
REMAKE_INITRD="no"
AUTOINSTALL="yes"
MODULE_CONF[0]="$PACKAGE_NAME"

nvidia_bl is added to /etc/modprobe.d/dkms.conf instead of /etc/modules. Modprobe complains about the nvidia_bl command it finds in /etc/modprobe.d/dkms.conf

Any suggestion ?

Guillaume

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

This is the proper behavior. It's supposed to modify a file in modprobe.d. Adding it to /etc/modules would cause it to auto load on every boot which is improper. Any module should be using udev and modaliases to detect when to be loaded.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Proper behavior. Adding to /etc/modules causes it to be loaded on every boot. It should be loading based on modaliases and/or udev.