Re: modules.dep and depmod.pl

["Dave Hylands" <dhylands@gmail.com>]

Hi Linus,

> I tried this thing to be able to modprobe off a read-only flash
> rootfilesystem and it "sort of" works, actually.
>
> However there is no way you will pass this to the kernel DEPMOD
> parameter, I only ever get this to work when doing it after
> compilation, as a separate step.

I think it depends on which version of busybox you use.

When we were using 1.01 I think I had to patch the kernel Makefile. I
think I had to undo my patch when we upgraded to the  1.10 version of
busybox.

I'll have to wait until I get back to work on Monday to check.

> Is there anyone beside me who would like to see this integrated
> into scripts/ in the kernel to get some default modules.dep for
> a read-only rootfs also when doing cross compilation, or am I
> totally going down the wrong lane here?

You can also run the busybox depmod.pl after you've built the kernel,
but before you make the file system.

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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/