linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] depmod: sort output according to modules.order, take #2

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Date:	Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:30:22 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	notting@...hat.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au, kay.sievers@...y.org,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] depmod: sort output according to modules.order, take
 #2

Tejun Heo wrote:
> Kbuild now generates and installs modules.order along with modules.
> This patch updates depmod such that it sorts module list according to
> the file before generating output files.  Modules which aren't on
> modules.order are put after modules which are ordered by
> modules.order.
> 
> This makes modprobe to prioritize modules according to kernel
> Makefile's just as built-in modules are link-ordered by them.
> 
> This patch is against module-init-tools 3.3-pre1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> Cc: Bill Nottingham <notting@...hat.com>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>

The kernel part is in now.  Rusty Russell, what do you think about this
depmod change?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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