On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 12:03:21PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/5c8c229261f14159b54b9a32f12e5fa89d88b905/kernel/module/Kconfig#L416 > > This defaults to "/sbin/modprobe". Should it be changed to > "/usr/bin/modprobe"? > > A few possible reasons: > > (1) Bad RPM installers that don't run scripts, specifically the > filesystem.spec script. (This is the case that broke for me.) Can you expand a bit on this? All installs with 'rpm' should DTRT. > (2) I suspect some race between needing to modprobe modules are > running the filesystem.spec script, even in a well-behaved RPM > install. Indeed, there is a race on split systems, during the first upgrade from a package with /usr/sbin/modprobe to a package with /usr/bin/modprobe. The window is between the %postun phase of the old package and the %posttrans scriptlets in filesystem to create the symlink. But I think this can be ignored… It's a one-time occurence and would require new drivers to requested in in that window. In general, when stuff is in the middle of the upgrade, some minor transitory issues are expected. It's very hard to make those completely go away with our non-transactional system and that's why we officially recommend offline upgrades. > (3) Extremely small speed increase not having to follow a symlink? The downside of changing the path is that systems with the old path would stop working. It's impossible to ensure the version of the userspace from the kernel. Because of that, I'd vote against changing the path as split systems are supported (i.e. at least until F41 goes EOL). Zbyszek -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
