[ovs-dev] [PATCH v1 3/5] rhel: add allow_unsupported_modules flag for OVS kmod build

[Gregory Rose]

On 9/4/2018 6:45 AM, Markos Chandras wrote:
> On 03/09/18 19:11, Flavio Leitner wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 11:52:41AM -0700, Martin Xu wrote:
>>> Add "--with/without allow_unsupported_modules" flag for rpmbuild. With
>>> this flag on, OVS kmod RPM sets allow_unsupported_modules to 1 if needed
>>> in /etc/modprobe.d/10-unsupported-modules.conf during post-install.
>>> Post-uninstall resets allow_unsupported_modules.
>> Sorry, but I can't find why would anyone be interested in setting
>> allow_unsupported_modules to any value.
>>
>> fbl
>>
> I think that RPMs should not silently modify this file. This is
> something that needs to be decided by the user/administrator since it
> affects the security of the entire system.
>

Martin and I will take this offline and try to come up with something 
more acceptable.

Thanks Markos!

- Greg