From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-GM-THRID: 6211002090683105280 X-Received: by 10.31.148.206 with SMTP id w197mr4914925vkd.9.1446188358703; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:59:18 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.182.165.162 with SMTP id yz2ls308816obb.96.gmail; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:59:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.182.50.135 with SMTP id c7mr5066533obo.47.1446188358166; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:59:18 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from mail-pa0-x233.google.com (mail-pa0-x233.google.com. [2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id sm2si555382pab.0.2015.10.29.23.59.18 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:59:18 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233 as permitted sender) client-ip=2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233; Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Received: by mail-pa0-x233.google.com with SMTP id hy1so59480260pad.0 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:59:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=HrQsXCL3sCPy4MKn19+tpCr1/mJmW8jdaMpOM3rneo8=; b=0BsVI0UhoL6BkW9V1vWwJpbfTy2QQwZnOKghE+nxXK58+cFaBrVlu82ovZmU+VNwGd 8itqmZnk6xGH/5/haLOhVF0xQukO1EAA5ggXqKAe4IqYddic+wdG6BTWbZEidz5MwkFL NAKrjSuji8C5JQgX2wf37hZo+oLnN1tGm0KGLgjJFTlFyzQTFrMwyhD79QsUvOCLPBnk QSnsX1R93RVNDVta6YTtYUNXm1cNs0oUpnbx8fT7bAQ7lI9TaQkucxIQh3XoLD0hNUd0 yzKm2URD7tlVWYkN5HR/73pyuncXuUnn4g5i5FE+93q4M2tK4y7UvD0+H/J5BDMInFQT 3ZIA== X-Received: by 10.66.139.227 with SMTP id rb3mr1178137pab.64.1446188358027; Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:59:18 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from sudip-pc ([122.169.170.95]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id vl1sm6125558pbc.31.2015.10.29.23.59.15 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 29 Oct 2015 23:59:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:29:08 +0530 From: Sudip Mukherjee To: Eva Rachel Retuya Cc: Julia Lawall , outreachy-kernel@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Outreachy kernel] depmod: modules in dependency cycles Message-ID: <20151030065741.GA31483@sudip-pc> References: <20151029094006.GA15647@Socrates-Mint> <20151030064138.GA4398@Socrates-Mint> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151030064138.GA4398@Socrates-Mint> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 02:41:41PM +0800, Eva Rachel Retuya wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 03:41:54PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 29 Oct 2015, Eva Rachel Retuya wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > After successfully finishing a few patches and rebasing my branch to > > > obtain the latest updates, I have run into this problem that keeps me > > > from updating my kernel and therefore won't let me test patch/es I > > > intend to send. > > > > > > A snippet of my "failed" installation can be found here: > > > http://pastebin.com/8WzV1Ayn > > > > > > I'd like to ask for help as to how to resolve this issue. My searches so > > > far did not yield enough information for me to successfully solve this > > > on my own. What I am doing lately was to boot to my stable kernel > > > (3.16.0-38), copy its config to .config as directed from the tutorial. Compile the kernel and install (sudo make modules_install install). The end result are as indicated on the pastebin link. Even booting from my last-known working "latest" kernel (rc5) yields the same result. > > > > I usually use make allyesconfig. Maybe try that. > > > > julia > > > > I tried allyesconfig and was able to install the modules fine without the dependency issue popping out. However, I cannot seem to load any module (modprobe/insmod) without it spouting 'directory not found' messages. Before the dependency issue, modprobe works. I also checked the directory that should house the said modules and it looked fine to me. > > Right now I'm retracing my steps, incorporating the advice so far. I will update again after a few hours of my progress whether the new issue still persists. Can you also reset your tree before your next try. Maybe something has changed. git reset --hard regards sudip