On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 10:41:13AM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 10:24:13AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> >
> > Is it really safe to load modules that were compiled with different
> > options?
>
> Certainly not, offsets can change based on config options.
>
> > Sounds like a failure in the install scripts to me.
> >
>
> Definitely a bug in those scripts, os-prober would need to run before
> modules_install, since if $INSTALL_MOD_PATH is the same between config
> changes, there's no guarantee the modules are loadable on the running
> kernel without a reboot.
Ugh, it's actually because my local install kernel script calls
grub2-mkconfig after installing a kernel to clean out old ones and not
clutter up the boot menu. (Which in turn scans every disk using os-prober[*])
Don't waste time on this Steve, I'll just work around it somehow.
Dave
[*] Worst thing.
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