linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH kmod v2 4/4] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Search for kernel modules under ${module

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Message-ID: <r9ponpq-6o2o-2252-r5nq-5090192nn05q@vanv.qr>
Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:54:53 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
To:     Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>
cc:     linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH kmod v2 4/4] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Search for kernel
 modules under ${module_prefix}


On Wednesday 2023-07-12 16:00, Michal Suchanek wrote:

>modprobe.d is now searched under ${prefix}/lib, add ${module_prefix} to
>specify the directory where to search for kernel modules.
>
>With this distributions that do not want to ship files in /lib can also
>move kernel modules to /usr while others can keep them in /lib.

>+# Ideally this would be $prefix but default to empty for compatibility with earlier versions
>+AC_ARG_WITH([module_prefix],
>+        AS_HELP_STRING([--with-module-prefix=DIR], [directory in which to look for /lib/modules directory with kernel modules - typically '' or ${prefix}]),
>+        [], [with_module_prefix=])
>+AC_SUBST([module_prefix], [$with_module_prefix])

Why stop there, let's make it fully configurable such that

 ./configure --with-module-prefix=/usr/lib/modules

works. Then one can specify arbitrary paths without fearing of getting a
/lib/modules tacked on anywhere down the line.