linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] modules: don't call depmod when overriding external module install path

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Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:26:33 -0400
From:	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Jon Masters <jcm@...masters.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modules: don't call depmod when overriding external
 module install path

On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 20:13 +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:33:34 pm Jon Masters wrote:
> > Recent kernels include an additional call to depmod during the installation
> > of external kernel modules as a convenience, in order to ensure that those
> > modules are picked up by the module loading tools/initramfs scripts, etc.
> > Although this call is potentially of some value, it should not be made
> > when explicitly setting INSTALL_MOD_PATH to a different location. This
> > avoids creating extraneous modules.* files that will never be used.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jon Masters <jcm@...masters.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> 
> I leave the Makefile stuff to the kbuild people...

Hey, thanks for forwarding. I figured I would do that, but I see you
already did. And yea, next time I'll ping the Kbuild folks directly.

Jon.


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