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From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
To: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, sam@ravnborg.org
Subject: Re: (Solved) Problem compile kernel on Ubuntu and using on Debian
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:19:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200910131919.32560.elendil@planet.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1255431677.13607.118.camel@localhost.localdomain>

Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> If you get past this one, by compiling enough modules into the kernel,
> BUT then a lot of modules does not seem to be loaded (modprobe).
[...] 
> Q: I don't know why a depmod update is required, anyone feel free to
> answer that question?

The most likely reason is that the two systems have different, and 
incompatible, versions of module-init-tools.

I've seen the same problem in the past [1] and, after a hefty discussion, 
accepted that you just _have_ to always run depmod -a after installing a 
kernel and before generating an initrd.

Cheers,
FJP

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/518407

      reply	other threads:[~2009-10-13 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-13 11:01 (Solved) Problem compile kernel on Ubuntu and using on Debian Jesper Dangaard Brouer
2009-10-13 17:19 ` Frans Pop [this message]

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