Re: [OSR-devel] initrd -l module dependency bug

[Marc G. <gr...@at...>]

On Tuesday 05 May 2009 23:15:46 Gordan Bobic wrote:
> Gordan Bobic wrote:
> > Module dependencies don't seem to get worked out correctly. e100 module
> > requires mii module to be loaded. mkinitrd -l doesn't package mii module
> > into the initrd. This might be due to the fact that depmod -a never ran
> > on the new kernel. Either way, this is something that initrd -l should
> > really deal with on it's own without requiring manual intervention via
> > -M.
I perfectly agree btw. this holds also for tg3 driver who require since kernel 
2.6.18-128.. the libphy module.

But I didn't find a way how to query module dependencies.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Especially when -M doesn't work:
> # /opt/atix/comoonics-bootimage/mkinitrd -l -M mii /tmp/initrd_sr.img
> 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5
> /opt/atix/comoonics-bootimage/mkinitrd: illegal option -- M
> Error wrong option.
You're right. This is a bug.
Apply the attached patch or as a workaround add this module 
to /etc/comoonics/comoonics-bootimage.cfg in the default_modules section.


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Marc Grimme
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