Arch Linux

Description:

#20046 is not only a feature request anymore, at least the severity increased

With the replacement of /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates by /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extramodules
external modules won't get a preference over inline modules anymore.
To my understanding depmod uses an automatic prioritization for modules in the "updates/" directory only.
Current extra modules will need an override-statement in depmod.d/$name.conf.
A possible solution would be:

echo "search extramodules updates built-in" >> /etc/depmod.d/depmod.conf


Additional info:

* module-init-tools 3.16-2
* linux 3.1-4

Steps to reproduce:

+ put a copy of several modules in extramodules/
+ run "depmod -a"
+ test "modinfo $modulename" and see what version will be chosen

Test with _several_ files since you cannot be sure that the module chosen has been preferred because it overrides the built-in module or just because it was found first.
I noticed this issue when installing the tp_smapi kernel modules.