Re: [PATCH] x86,build: Fix make -jN modules_install install

From: Michal Marek
Date: Thu Jun 12 2014 - 04:33:59 EST


Dne 11.6.2014 21:41, Andy Lutomirski napsal(a):
> Every few months, I forget why I type:
>
> $ sudo make -j12 modules_install && sudo make -j12 install
>
> instead of just:
>
> $ sudo make -j12 modules_install install
>
> I try the latter, it appears to work, and then my machine won't boot
> because dracut got confused. This fixes it once and for all: if you
> ask make to install modules and a kernel, you almost certainly want
> the modules installed *first* so that your initramfs scripts can
> find the modules.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/Makefile | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
> index 33f71b0..7280d28 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
> @@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ PHONY += install
> install:
> $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@
>
> +# If installing modules and a kernel, it's very likely that some initramfs
> +# script associated with installing the kernel will reference the modules,
> +# so make sure that modules are installed first.
> +ifneq ($(filter modules_install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
> + ifneq ($(filter modules_install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)

The two conditions are identical. Did you mean to check for "install" in
one of them?

Thanks,
Michal
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