This bug has been copied from bug #564392 and has been proposed to be backported to 5.6 z-stream (EUS).
Tested with instructions from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564392#c2 and with mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-68.el5_6.1.x86_64: # echo "alias scsi_hostadapter2 cciss" > /etc/modprobe.d/test.conf # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf.back # mkinitrd -f --nocompress /tmp/initrd-testing.img `uname -r` Modulefile is /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf /etc/modprobe.d/test.conf # cpio -t < /tmp/initrd-testing.img | grep cciss 16781 blocks lib/cciss.ko #
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: When creating the initrd file, the mkinitrd utility reads the configuration to determine what kernel modules to load and which module options to use. Previously, the mkinitrd utility only read the /etc/modprobe.conf configuration file. This update corrects this error, and when the /etc/modprobe.conf file does not exist, mkinitrd now attempts to read the configuration from the files located in /etc/modprobe.d/ instead.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0430.html