Re: [PATCH] modules_install must not remove existing modules

[Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>]

On Thursday 06 April 2006 00:12, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> The removal was introduced to get rid of old modules from an earlier
> build of the same kernel with potential more modules.
> I was obvious when I played with an allmodconfig kernel IIRC.

The in-tree modules all install below kernel/, so I don't see why removing the 
external modules directory (extra or whatever) is necessary for that. It 
might still be that there are other external modules 
below /lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE, though.

> The usecase you have in mind is with external modules only?

Yes, with more than one set of them, each of which using modules_install.

> We could special case in that suation and avoid the removal.
>
> I see no way to detect when it is OK to remove or not, so in the
> principle of least suprise I prefer having the removal unconditional for
> normal kernel builds, and no removal for external modules.
>
> OK?

That would be okay for me, yes.

Thanks,
Andreas