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From: Dennis Schridde <devurandom-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@public.gmane.org>
To: initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use modinfo to gather module dependencies
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:39:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5302218.kzCNfpoIIU@samson> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALAkbJMqL-p95Yb=jsP8BZAjhJkByHn-QZV=C0nmsTkMW1qZ1Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

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Hi Harald!

Am Samstag, 25. Februar 2012, 22:18:48 schrieben Sie:
> Am 25.02.2012 22:09 schrieb "Dennis Schridde" <devurandom-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@public.gmane.org>:
> > 
> > Hence I wrote attached patch, switching from modprobe to modinfo, which
> 
> also
> 
> > seem to be the tool intended for the job. This method appears to work
> 
> reliable
> 
> > in kmod-5, but I have not tested with module-init-tools.
> 
> Just update kmod... modprobe --show-depends was fixed
Thanks for the info.

I would like know your reasons for using modprobe instead of modinfo to gather 
information about modules, since it appears to be the wrong tool to me.

Kind regards,
Dennis

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-02-27 12:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-25 21:09 [PATCH] Use modinfo to gather module dependencies Dennis Schridde
2012-02-27 10:25 ` Harald Hoyer
     [not found]   ` <4F4B5A00.2060400-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-27 11:29     ` Colin Guthrie
2012-02-27 12:08       ` Harald Hoyer
     [not found]         ` <4F4B7237.6070005-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-27 12:33           ` Colin Guthrie
     [not found] ` <CALAkbJMqL-p95Yb=jsP8BZAjhJkByHn-QZV=C0nmsTkMW1qZ1Q@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]   ` <CALAkbJMqL-p95Yb=jsP8BZAjhJkByHn-QZV=C0nmsTkMW1qZ1Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-27 12:39     ` Dennis Schridde [this message]

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