[tigran@veritas.com: Re: incorrect modules.dep with 2.4.0-test1]

From: Christoph Brüninghaus (brueni@gmx.de)
Date: Fri Jun 09 2000 - 17:00:02 EST


did you try "depmod -a"?

Yes, it doesn't work.
As i read in a posting on this list before, the (incorrect) modules.dep is
also automatically gernerated at boottime:

>It is generated by /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit when the kernel boots.
>
> if [ -x /sbin/depmod -a -n "$USEMODULES" ]; then
> ...
> action "Finding module dependencies" depmod -a
>

It seems to be a mistake of the kernel or depmode.

On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, [iso-8859-1] Christoph Brüninghaus wrote:

> Hello,
> i have compiled the 2.4.0-test1 with ide-cd as module.
> Everything works fine so far.
>
> The module is in the right place, but the modules.dep, generated at
> boottime, is incorrect:
> There is no path to the ide-cd.o and no dependency with cd-rom.o recorded.
> So i get an error, when i try to mount the cdrom.
> I correct this manually by inserting the right paths in modules.dep.
>
> I would not call this a heavy mistake, but how can i correct this
> permanently?
> Is it a known bug of the kernel or a problem with depmod?
> With kernel 2.2.14 everything is fine.

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