Bug 28011

Summary:	modprobe fails to load ppp module when ppp built into kernel
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Reuben Farrelly <reuben-redhatbugzilla>
Component:	modutils	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	7.0	CC:	rvokal
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Description Reuben Farrelly 2001-02-16 18:49:03 UTC

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modprobe fails to load ppp module when built into kernel - modutils should 
*not* be looking for ppp module if it is compiled in and not referenced in 
modules.conf

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Build new kernel with PPP support built in rather than as a module
2. ifup ppp0 and ifdown ppp0
3. [watch messages log]
	

Actual Results:  Logged

Feb 17 05:11:21 tornado modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0


Expected Results:  This warning message should not have been printed; 
modprobe should not be looking for this module

Adding

alias char-major-108 ppp_generic off
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic off

to modules.conf worked around the issue, modutils has the 
alias "alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic" built in by default, an off statement 
in modules.conf was required

I imagine this would be an issue with other components built into the 
kernel as well that were originally packaged as modules

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-02-16 19:17:29 UTC

The alias is needed if it's compiled as a module, though, and that's the
default configuration.