linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86,build: Fix make -jN modules

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Message-ID: <20140611194452.GA25049@ravnborg.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:44:52 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86,build: Fix make -jN modules_install install

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:41:57PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Every few months, I forget why I type:
> 
> $ sudo make -j12 modules_install && sudo make -j12 install
> 
> instead of just:
> 
> $ sudo make -j12 modules_install install
> 
> I try the latter, it appears to work, and then my machine won't boot
> because dracut got confused.  This fixes it once and for all: if you
> ask make to install modules and a kernel, you almost certainly want
> the modules installed *first* so that your initramfs scripts can
> find the modules.

Is this problem x86 specific?

	Sam
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