[CentOS] modprobe :: not finding existing .ko

Fri Mar 18 16:23:18 UTC 2011
James Pearson <james-p at moving-picture.com>

Adrian Sevcenco wrote:
> Hi! I try to load an module that it is found in curent
> /lib/modules/`uname -r` tree ...
> root at sevcenco: ~ # ls -l /lib/modules/`uname 
> -r`/kernel/drivers/crypto/padlock-*
> -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 14296 Mar 16 19:37 
> /lib/modules/2.6.38-0.el5.elrepo/kernel/drivers/crypto/padlock-aes.ko
> -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 10808 Mar 16 19:37 
> /lib/modules/2.6.38-0.el5.elrepo/kernel/drivers/crypto/padlock-sha.ko
> 
> but if i try :
> root at sevcenco: ~ # modprobe -v padlock-aes.ko
> FATAL: Module padlock_aes.ko not found.
> 
> notice the change from - to _
> Any idea about this?
> or more abstract:
> have anyone succeed to use padlock (via) hardware with openssl (or other 
> software) in centos?

Have you run 'modprobe -a' since installing the modules?

James Pearson