On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:42:56 -0500 > Tom Horsley wrote: > >> Do I have to run some kind of magic script to get the >> module options updates in the initramfs so they will >> take effect at boot time? > > To amswer my own question: Yes. (But I still have no idea > what the official script is :-). > > I simply updated the initramfs "by hand" by expanding the > compressed cpio archive, copying in the additional > modprobe file and recompressing it. > > I now have no kslowdnnn kernel processes running all the > time and accumulating vast cpu, and my mouse is moving > smooth again. I'm no initrd expert but I think you did it the hard way. From what I know about the process all you have to do is rebuild the initrd. More specifically, let dracut rebuilt it. It's supposed to take into account whatever you have in /etc/modprobe.d/ Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines