I'm testing kmod (with removing module-init-tools). Basically all works fine, but I had to create /sbin/modprobe symlink manually, kmod doesn't installs it and respect to PATH: 1. module-init-tools installs binary to /sbin/ 2. kmod installs binary to /usr/bin/ So, udev's 80-drivers.rules and 75-probe_mtd.rules with /sbin/modprobe doesn't work with kmod Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install kmod 2. remove module-init-tools 3. reboot Actual Results: dmesg shows a lot of problems with running /sbin/modprobe (because it doesn't exist), udev doesn't load some modules Expected Results: udev should load modules. dmesg doesn't complain about missing /sbin/modprobe m_melnikau-vaio rules.d # emerge --info Portage 2.1.10.44 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.6.1, glibc-2.14.1-r1, 3.2.0-gentoo-r1 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.2.0-gentoo-r1-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i5_CPU_M_430_@_2.27GHz-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:30:01 +0000 distcc 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I am working on this now; kmod needs to put compatibility symlinks in /sbin instead of /usr/bin and block module-init-tools when compatibility mode is on.
The symlinks are now installed in /sbin which is where they belonged in the first place and a blocker has been added so that module-init-tools cannot be installed at the same time as kmod. Note that this package was also added to p.mask in the same list as udev. This was done because we now have symbolic links in /sbin that link to binaries in /usr/bin which are needed before /usr is mounted.
