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

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Date:	Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:25:12 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>
CC:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	notting@...hat.com, kay.sievers@...y.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] depmod: sort output according to modules.order, take
 #2

Jon Masters wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 20:36 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> 
>> Jon, this patch hasn't made into module-init-tools
> 
> I'm redoing it to cope with the binary sorted output files we have now -
> i.e. we can't just rely upon the order of modules.dep any more, what
> you're actually trying to do with modules.order is ensure that e.g.
> modules providing conflicting aliases get handled in "order".

Yes, that's right.  Ah... so, now modules.dep is sorted to speed up
module look up?  Is this code already in module-init-tools?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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