Bug 501543

Summary: kmod-kvm: load modules on %post
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost>
Component: kvmAssignee: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Lawrence Lim <llim>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 5.4CC: berrange, cpelland, llim, ovirt-maint, syeghiay, tburke, tools-bugs
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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The KVM modules available in the kmod-kvm package are loaded automatically at boot time if the kmod-kvm package is installed. To make these KVM modules available after installing the kmod-kvm package the system either needs to be rebooted or the modules can be loaded manually by running the /etc/sysconfig/modules/kvm.modules script.
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Clone Of: 489947 Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-01-13 19:32:38 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Blocks: 513501, 580946, 718609    

Description Eduardo Habkost 2009-05-19 17:17:03 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #489947 +++

The kvm package installs a /etc/sysconfig/modules/kvm.modules file, to load the KVM modules on boot. We should do that on %post also, so the modules are loaded automatically without rebooting the machine.

Comment 2 Eduardo Habkost 2009-06-04 16:27:15 UTC
A better fix would be making the kmodtool script used by the many kmod packages able to handle loading of the modules at RPM-install time, instead of making a kvm-specific fix.

Comment 3 Eduardo Habkost 2009-06-04 16:30:14 UTC
Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the 
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New Contents:
The KVM modules available on the kmod-kvm package are loaded automatically at boot time if the kmod-kvm package is installed. After installing the kmod-kvm package, the system needs to be rebooted or, alternatively, the modules may be loaded manually (kvm-intel or kvm-amd, plus the ksm module).

Comment 4 Eduardo Habkost 2009-06-04 17:35:25 UTC
Release note updated. If any revisions are required, please set the 
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-The KVM modules available on the kmod-kvm package are loaded automatically at boot time if the kmod-kvm package is installed. After installing the kmod-kvm package, the system needs to be rebooted or, alternatively, the modules may be loaded manually (kvm-intel or kvm-amd, plus the ksm module).+The KVM modules available on the kmod-kvm package are loaded automatically at boot time if the kmod-kvm package is installed. After installing the kmod-kvm package, the system needs to be rebooted or, alternatively, the modules may be loaded manually by running the /etc/sysconfig/modules/kvm.modules script.

Comment 6 Ryan Lerch 2009-08-18 03:29:07 UTC
Release note updated. If any revisions are required, please set the 
"requires_release_notes"  flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly.
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Diffed Contents:
@@ -1 +1 @@
-The KVM modules available on the kmod-kvm package are loaded automatically at boot time if the kmod-kvm package is installed. After installing the kmod-kvm package, the system needs to be rebooted or, alternatively, the modules may be loaded manually by running the /etc/sysconfig/modules/kvm.modules script.+The KVM modules available in the kmod-kvm package are loaded automatically at boot time if the kmod-kvm package is installed. To make these KVM modules available after installing the kmod-kvm package the system either needs to be rebooted or the modules can be loaded manually by running the /etc/sysconfig/modules/kvm.modules script.

Comment 10 Eduardo Habkost 2010-09-01 21:30:07 UTC
*** Bug 489947 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11 RHEL Program Management 2011-01-11 20:45:29 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the
current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this
request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support
representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant,
in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 12 RHEL Program Management 2011-01-11 22:46:05 UTC
This request was erroneously denied for the current release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  The error has been fixed and this
request has been re-proposed for the current release.