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From: Colin Guthrie <gmane-D409yXkIzt2rnn0nCzrM/w@public.gmane.org>
To: initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use modinfo to gather module dependencies
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:29:56 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jifpfl$hof$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F4B5A00.2060400-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

'Twas brillig, and Harald Hoyer at 27/02/12 10:25 did gyre and gimble:
> Am 25.02.2012 22:09, schrieb Dennis Schridde:
>> Hello!
> 
>> I just switched from module-init-tools to kmod and found dracut broken, 
>> because it uses modprobe --show-depends to find out about module locations
>> and dependencies, which apparently is not implemented in kmod.
> 
>> 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.
> 
>> Kind regards, Dennis
> 
> You need this patch for kmod:
> 
> http://git.profusion.mobi/cgit.cgi/kmod.git/commit/?id=269de2e0bf5011072da2f40f4f2d4023fad696b9

What does this patch add?

I seem to get modprobe working happily with kmod 5 even for non-loaded
modules. With patch applied or not, the output was the same.

I'd just like to understand the issue :)

Cheers

Col


(i915 is loaded, nouveau is not)


[colin@jimmy dracut (master)]$ modprobe --ignore-install --show-depends i915
insmod /lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko.xz
insmod /lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko.xz
insmod /lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/acpi/button.ko.xz
insmod
/lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.ko.xz

insmod /lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko.xz
insmod
/lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper.ko.xz

insmod
/lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915.ko.xz
i915_enable_fbc=0
[colin@jimmy dracut (master)]$ modprobe --ignore-install --show-depends
nouveau
insmod /lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/acpi/button.ko.xz
insmod /lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/acpi/video.ko.xz
insmod
/lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.ko.xz
insmod
/lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/mxm-wmi.ko.xz
insmod /lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko.xz
insmod
/lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.ko.xz

insmod /lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko.xz
insmod
/lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper.ko.xz

insmod
/lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm.ko.xz
insmod
/lib/modules/3.2.7-desktop-1.mga2/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko.xz




-- 

Colin Guthrie
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http://colin.guthr.ie/

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-02-27 11:29 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 [this message]
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

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