Re: [PATCH] modules: don't call depmod when overriding external module install path

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:33:34 pm Jon Masters wrote:
> Recent kernels include an additional call to depmod during the installation
> of external kernel modules as a convenience, in order to ensure that those
> modules are picked up by the module loading tools/initramfs scripts, etc.
> Although this call is potentially of some value, it should not be made
> when explicitly setting INSTALL_MOD_PATH to a different location. This
> avoids creating extraneous modules.* files that will never be used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>

Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>

I leave the Makefile stuff to the kbuild people...

> ---
>  Makefile |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index f3bdff8..2b904f2 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1325,7 +1325,9 @@ _emodinst_:
>  
>  PHONY += _emodinst_post
>  _emodinst_post: _emodinst_
> +ifeq ($(INSTALL_MOD_PATH),)
>  	$(call cmd,depmod)
> +endif
>  
>  clean-dirs := $(addprefix _clean_,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD))

Thanks,
Rusty.