On 2015-12-21 17:10 -0500, Phil Susi wrote:
> On 12/21/2015 12:18 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> It can't do that if the new kernel has the same ABI as the old one,
>> since the new module has replaced the old on disk.
>
> The existing file is not replaced on disk; a new kernel writes its
> modules to a new directory named after its new version number. Thus the
> old modules are still available, and should continue to be used until
> you reboot using the new kernel.
Wrong, both the old and the new kernel provide their modules in
/lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64. Jacob upgraded the
linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 package, he did no install a new package.
Cheers,
Sven
