Re: [PATCH] kbuild: make modules_install copy modules.builtin(.modinfo)

[Josh Triplett]

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 08:17:43PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Josh Triplett reports that initramfs-tools needs modules.builtin and
> modules.builtin.modinfo to create a working initramfs for a non-modular
> kernel.
> 
> If this is a general tooling issue not limited to Debian, I think it
> makes sense to change modules_install.
> 
> This commit changes the targets as follows when CONFIG_MODULES=n.
> 
> In-tree builds:
>   make modules          -> no-op
>   make modules_install  -> install modules.builtin(.modinfo)
> 
> External module builds:
>   make modules          -> show error message like before
>   make modules_install  -> show error message like before
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/36a4014c73a52af27d930d3ca31d362b60f4461c.1686356364.git.josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Reported-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'll send a followup patch that makes the Debian packaging script use
`make modules_install` unconditionally.