Description of problem: dkms creates weak-updates/lib/modules/$KERNEL/$MODULE.ko on kernels that already have a real module in extra/$MODULE.ko Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL7.4 + EPEL + negativo17 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install dkms and dkms-nvidia 2. upgrade the kernel 3. check /lib/modules/*/extra and /lib/modules/*/weak-updates Actual results: [root@husby ~]# find /lib/modules/*/weak-updates /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia-uvm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia-drm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia-modeset.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/weak-updates /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/lib /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/lib/modules /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64 /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/nvidia-uvm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/nvidia.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/nvidia-drm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/nvidia-modeset.ko [root@husby ~]# find /lib/modules/*/extra /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/extra /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra/nvidia-uvm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra/nvidia.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra/nvidia-drm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra/nvidia-modeset.ko kernel 693 still has real modules in extra, but now also has a mess in weak-updates, and dkms status shows: # dkms status nvidia, 384.90, 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64, x86_64: installed (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) (WARNING! Diff between built and installed module!) nvidia, 384.90, 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64, x86_64: installed Later when kernel 693 is removed, the "extra" modules are not preserved and they disappear, breaking the weak-module links in other kernels. Expected results: [root@husby ~]# find /lib/modules/*/weak-updates /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia-uvm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia-drm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/weak-updates/nvidia-modeset.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/weak-updates [root@husby ~]# find /lib/modules/*/extra /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64/extra /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra/nvidia-uvm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra/nvidia.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra/nvidia-drm.ko /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64/extra/nvidia-modeset.ko no weak-updates should exist for kernel 693 for the nvidia drivers. Additional info:
Hello, it seems you installed both the binary modules and the DKMS ones. The binary modules are installed in weak-updates as they are being compiled with kABI support and can survive multiple kernel updates in binary form. The DKMS ones are built and installed under extra. Can you do this command on your system and paste it here? # rpm -qa \*nvidia\* | sort