linux-kernel - Re: [3.12-rc1] Dependency on module-init-tools >= 3.11 ?

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Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:28:06 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:	andr345@...il.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, arthur.marsh@...ernode.on.net,
	tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [3.12-rc1] Dependency on module-init-tools >= 3.11 ?

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 02:03:41PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Herbert Xu wrote:
> > This way at least you'll have a working system until your initramfs
> > tool is fixed to do the right thing.
> 
> Thank you. But it is module-init-tools-3.9-21.el6_4 in RHEL 6.4.
> We can't wait until Red Hat backports module-init-tools >= 3.11 to RHEL 6.x.
> 
> Since most people are already using module-init-tools >= 3.11 and
> there is workaround for my case (i.e. choose built-in), just updating
> 
>   module-init-tools      0.9.10                  # depmod -V
> 
> line at "Current Minimal Requirements" in Documentation/Changes will be OK.

The trouble is not all distros will include the softdep modules in
the initramfs.  So for now I think we will have to live with a fallback.

Cheers,
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