On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 22:13 -0400, gilpel@altern.org wrote:
the process was so transparent, I can't help but wonder if all those modifications to the kernel that I read about in the doc have been made.
What modifications to the kernel are you expecting?
kmod's just another set of drivers and modules. akmod's the one the recompiles things to suit your current kernel, if it needs to.