From: Warren Togami <wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: initramfs <initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Include only wired ethernet drivers, explicitly exclude wireless.
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:42:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A245968.7060208@redhat.com> (raw)
Include only wired ethernet drivers, explicitly exclude wireless.
commit 9dcf9cef387f7582eb8e8d6632d768411ead3617
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+# Include wired net drivers, excluding wireless
+for modname in `find "/lib/modules/$kernel/kernel/drivers" -name
'*.ko'`; do
+ if nm -uPA $modname | grep -q eth_type_trans; then
+ if echo "$modname" | grep -q wireless; then
+ continue
+ else
+ instmods $modname
+ fi
+ fi
+done
This got rid of the pesky wireless drivers and lots of irrelevant kernel
modules, but I subsequently discovered that it also no longer pulled in
sunrpc.ko. Please keep a lookout for other possible side-effects of
this change.
Warren Togami
wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
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