Cannot find virtio.ko and virtio_pci.ko kernel modules on RHEL8

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Issue

  • Cannot find virtio.ko and virtio_pci.ko kernel modules on RHEL8

    # rpm -ql kernel-core kernel-modules | grep virtio
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/block/virtio_blk.ko.xz
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/char/virtio_console.ko.xz
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtio-gpu.ko.xz
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/net/virtio_net.ko.xz
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.ko.xz
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/virtio
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.ko.xz
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_input.ko.xz
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/fs/fuse/virtiofs.ko.xz
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport.ko.xz
    /lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/kernel/net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko.xz
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • kernel
  • Virtualization

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