Bug 143218

Summary:	modprobe: Can't locate module sk98lin
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	Tim Scofield <twscofi>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Ernie Petrides <petrides>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version:	3.0	CC:	petrides, riel, twscofi
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Description Tim Scofield 2004-12-17 15:52:18 UTC

Description of problem:
"modprobe sk98lin" returns "modprobe: Can't locate module sk98lin"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.4.21-20.0.1.EL


How reproducible:
every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. /sbin/modprobe sk98lin
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
modprobe: Can't locate module sk98lin

Expected results:
module loaded

Additional info:
[root@twscofi1 configs]# uname -svrip
Linux 2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 24 20:26:12 EST 2004 x86_64
x86_64
[root@twscofi1 configs]# grep -i sk98lin
/usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/kernel-2.4.21-x86_64*
/usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/kernel-2.4.21-x86_64.config:CONFIG_SK98LIN=m
/usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/kernel-2.4.21-x86_64-smp.config:CONFIG_SK98LIN=m

Comment 1 Tim Scofield 2004-12-17 19:10:21 UTC

find /lib/modules/2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp/kernel -name"sk98lin*" does not
find any files. The module doesn't exist in the stock kernel

Compiling a new kernel using "make oldconfig" will generate the
modules, but it hangs while detecting new hardware during boot.

Comment 2 Ernie Petrides 2004-12-17 22:18:16 UTC

It's in the associated "kernel unsupported" package.  If you are using
kernel-smp-2.4.21-20.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm as your base kernel RPM, then
install kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-20.0.1.EL.x86_64.rpm as well.

Since the sk98lin is unsupported, we have no idea if it will actually
work.  And naturally, if it doesn't, you'll have to resolve any problems
with it yourself.