Le 08/06/2016 à 20:03, Genes Lists via arch-general a écrit : > When I install a new kernel, I notice that DKMS removes previous kernel > modules as well as adding them to the new kernel. > > In the real old days these were not removed at all - so removal is a > good thing. > The issue is that the old kernel is still running and until machine is > rebooted the modules wont be available I would think. > I wonder - Is there a way to mark the deletion to happen after the new > kernel is booted ? > > I may well be missing something of course. > > Installed 4.6.2 kernel while 4.6.1 running - pacman says: > > (1/1) Remove DKMS modules > ==> dkms -q remove -q -m vboxguest -v 5.0.20_OSE -k 4.6.1-2-ARCH > > ==> dkms -q remove -q -m vboxhost -v 5.0.20_OSE -k 4.6.1-2-ARCH > > ...==> dkms -q install -m vboxguest -v 5.0.20_OSE -k 4.6.2-1-ARCH > > ==> dkms -q install -m vboxhost -v 5.0.20_OSE -k 4.6.2-1-ARCH > > ... > > > Thanks for any thoughts. > > gene That’s expected, and in fact the same thing happens for normal kernel module. I don’t see why DKMS module should be treated differently. ;) Bruno
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