From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753603AbXLIJaj (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Dec 2007 04:30:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751876AbXLIJaa (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Dec 2007 04:30:30 -0500 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.188]:56430 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751009AbXLIJa3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Dec 2007 04:30:29 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=u9vWXjMZXYQ/Di80MhCtk2fqhQ/MwmCTOODcRcUZqOieTCyw+IW+c75VBFMTc8+mb7X0eAiXAuNbgDIIfsN/D/O2oHRMoEbZVebZXTCQlP+psc3ZBFEwyMtSkfIv0w4nVEMVEVkJIK0P7/MmQkHSlXLcmOWjFCmx8J8FhUbBP4w= Message-ID: <475BB5AE.40503@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:30:22 +0900 From: Tejun Heo User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070801) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sam Ravnborg , Linux Kernel , notting@redhat.com, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, kay.sievers@vrfy.org, Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH] depmod: sort output according to modules.order, take #2 References: <475936CE.70703@gmail.com> <4759379D.8090201@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4759379D.8090201@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. > > This patch is against module-init-tools 3.3-pre1. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo > Cc: Sam Ravnborg > Cc: Bill Nottingham > Cc: Rusty Russell > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Cc: Kay Sievers The kernel part is in now. Rusty Russell, what do you think about this depmod change? Thanks. -- tejun