[Buildroot] 2024.02.6 : modinfo for target side

[Buildroot] 2024.02.6 : modinfo for target side

[Zvi Vered]

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Hello,

In 2024.02.6 I included "kmod"  in "Target packages->System tools"
But in rootfs.tar built without any errors, there is no kmod nor modinfo.

Can you please advise ?

Thank you,
Zvika

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Re: [Buildroot] 2024.02.6 : modinfo for target side

[Mattia Narducci]

Hello Zvika,

On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 06:38:09 +0100 Zvi Vered wrote:
> In 2024.02.6 I included "kmod"  in "Target packages->System tools"
> But in rootfs.tar built without any errors, there is no kmod nor modinfo.

the kmod package you selected only provides command line utilities like
modinfo when "kmod utilities" is also selected.

There are two options to get them:

1. do not select kmod package and use the utilities conveniently
provided by busybox. You should already have insmod, lsmod, modprobe
and rmmod available if you are using the default busybox configuration.
Just run make busybox-menuconfig and select modinfo from the "Linux
Module Utilities" menu

2. if you really need modinfo from the kmod package, first select "Show
packages that are also provided by busybox" from "Target packages". 
Then you should see the new option "kmod utilities" in the "Target
packages -> System tools" submenu

Best regards,
Mattia


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Re: [Buildroot] 2024.02.6 : modinfo for target side

[Fiona Klute via buildroot]

Am 25.11.24 um 23:30 schrieb Mattia Narducci:
> Hello Zvika,
>
> On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 06:38:09 +0100 Zvi Vered wrote:
>> In 2024.02.6 I included "kmod"  in "Target packages->System tools"
>> But in rootfs.tar built without any errors, there is no kmod nor modinfo.
>
> the kmod package you selected only provides command line utilities like
> modinfo when "kmod utilities" is also selected.
>
> There are two options to get them:
>
> 1. do not select kmod package and use the utilities conveniently
> provided by busybox. You should already have insmod, lsmod, modprobe
> and rmmod available if you are using the default busybox configuration.
> Just run make busybox-menuconfig and select modinfo from the "Linux
> Module Utilities" menu
>
> 2. if you really need modinfo from the kmod package, first select "Show
> packages that are also provided by busybox" from "Target packages".
> Then you should see the new option "kmod utilities" in the "Target
> packages -> System tools" submenu
The Busybox utils have some limitations relative to kmod, like not
supporting loading compressed kernel modules. So whether the Busybox
tools are sufficient depends on the rest of your setup, but I agree
they're usually preferable for small size if yes. :-)

Best regards,
Fiona

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