Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752840AbaFKTo6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:44:58 -0400 Received: from asavdk3.altibox.net ([109.247.116.14]:41637 "EHLO asavdk3.altibox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751220AbaFKTo4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:44:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:44:52 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Andy Lutomirski Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, Michal Marek , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86,build: Fix make -jN modules_install install Message-ID: <20140611194452.GA25049@ravnborg.org> References: <37910a32e3d223a688a2743376bdde8fbdc8ef5c.1402515662.git.luto@amacapital.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <37910a32e3d223a688a2743376bdde8fbdc8ef5c.1402515662.git.luto@amacapital.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:41:57PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > 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. Is this problem x86 specific? Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/