Re: [PATCH] depmod: sort output according to modules.order, take#2

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Jan 02 2008 - 06:14:16 EST


Tejun Heo wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Kbuild now generates and installs modules.order along with modules.
>> This patch updates depmod such that it sorts module list according to
>> the file before generating output files. Modules which aren't on
>> modules.order are put after modules which are ordered by
>> modules.order.
>>
>> This makes modprobe to prioritize modules according to kernel
>> Makefile's just as built-in modules are link-ordered by them.
>>
>> This patch is against module-init-tools 3.3-pre1.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The kernel part is in now. Rusty Russell, what do you think about this
> depmod change?

Ping?

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tejun
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