[oe] What to do with obsolete kernel modules

[Phil Blundell]

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 17:06 +0800, John Lee wrote:
> If kernel-module-foobar exists in an old rootfs, but in later version
> we disabled module foobar in kernel config, how can we remove the
> obsolete module from the old rootfs after opkg upgrade ?

Assuming the old module has a correctly versioned dependency on its
corresponding kernel version, opkg should automatically tear out the
module package when the kernel is upgraded since its dependencies will
no longer be met.  If that isn't working, I think it would be an opkg
bug.

p.