[gentoo-user] installing kqemu under different kernels

[gentoo-user] installing kqemu under different kernels

[Frank Schwidom]

Hi,

if i list the kqemu files 'eqmery f kqemu' then i see, that the
installation copied one file - the kqemu driver unter

/lib/modules/2.6.26-gentoo-r3/misc/kqemu.ko .

In the meantime i habe an second kernel installed and want to use the
kqemu module here too. I would wish, that it could be a hygienic
solution - so if i would have installed kqemu already then 'equery f
kqemu' shall list 

/lib/modules/2.6.26-gentoo-r3/misc/kqemu.ko and
/lib/modules/2.6.26-gentoo-r3_2/misc/kqemu.ko .

But i suspect, that an 'emerge kqemu' will either deinstall
/lib/modules/2.6.26-gentoo-r3/misc/kqemu.ko before installing
/lib/modules/2.6.26-gentoo-r3_2/misc/kqemu.ko or
/lib/modules/2.6.26-gentoo-r3/misc/kqemu.ko keeps installed and wil not
be listed in an further call of 'eqmery f kqemu'.

What is the best way to handle thos problem?

Regards

Re: [gentoo-user] installing kqemu under different kernels

[Willie Wong]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 01:00:35PM +0000, Penguin Lover Frank Schwidom squawked:
> But i suspect, that an 'emerge kqemu' will either deinstall
> /lib/modules/2.6.26-gentoo-r3/misc/kqemu.ko before installing
> /lib/modules/2.6.26-gentoo-r3_2/misc/kqemu.ko or
> /lib/modules/2.6.26-gentoo-r3/misc/kqemu.ko keeps installed and wil not
> be listed in an further call of 'eqmery f kqemu'.
> 

The second is correct. 

Ebuilds that install kernel modules do not remove the old kernel
modules from /lib. Ever. It is true for Nvidia, it is true for ATI
drivers, and it is true for kqemu. ;)

But equery f kqemu will no longer show the previous kqemu module. 

So just point /usr/src/linux to the right kernel, and
  emerge --oneshot kqemu

Is it really that important that all versions of the kernel module
gets listed in equery f?

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