Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753059Ab0HPIHB (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:07:01 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:21387 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753015Ab0HPIG7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:06:59 -0400 From: Jon Masters To: Rusty Russell Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Jon Masters Subject: [PATCH] modules: don't call depmod when overriding external module install path Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:03:34 -0400 Message-Id: <1281945814-9720-1-git-send-email-jcm@jonmasters.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1113 Lines: 34 Recent kernels include an additional call to depmod during the installation of external kernel modules as a convenience, in order to ensure that those modules are picked up by the module loading tools/initramfs scripts, etc. Although this call is potentially of some value, it should not be made when explicitly setting INSTALL_MOD_PATH to a different location. This avoids creating extraneous modules.* files that will never be used. Signed-off-by: Jon Masters --- Makefile | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index f3bdff8..2b904f2 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1325,7 +1325,9 @@ _emodinst_: PHONY += _emodinst_post _emodinst_post: _emodinst_ +ifeq ($(INSTALL_MOD_PATH),) $(call cmd,depmod) +endif clean-dirs := $(addprefix _clean_,$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)) -- 1.7.2.1 -- 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/