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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 20:09:51
Message-Id: 200905272208.19123.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf by Jacob Todd
1 On Wednesday 27 May 2009 21:42:23 Jacob Todd wrote:
2 > I'm getting the following warnings when I boot/come back from
3 > hibernation:
4 >
5 > WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files
6 > belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.
7 > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will
8 > be ignored in a future release.
9 > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa, it will be
10 > ignored in a future release.
11 > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/pnp-aliases, it
12 > will be ignored in a future release.
13 > WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it
14 > will be ignored in a future release.
15 >
16 > I just noticed these yesterday because I had to reboot my machine. When
17 > did this change in config files happen?
18
19 > Should I just rename the config
20 > file in /etc/modprobe.d/ so that they all have .conf at the end, or is
21 > there another process I need to do when upgrading?
22
23 The former.
24
25 When you've done this, run update-modules manually. You might find you have
26 stuff in /etc/modules.d/ that also needs to be similarly renamed.
27
28 > I'm using ~x86.
29
30 --
31 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com