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

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Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2008 10:12:21 +1100
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	notting@...hat.com, kay.sievers@...y.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] depmod: sort output according to modules.order, take #2

On Wednesday 02 January 2008 22:13:52 Tejun Heo wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
> > 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.
> >>
> > The kernel part is in now.  Rusty Russell, what do you think about this
> > depmod change?
>
> Ping?

Oh, sorry.  Jon is now module-init-tools maintainer, and I've cc'd him and 
forwarded your original patch.

Thanks,
Rusty.




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