[PATCH 3/3] x86/boot: Add option to add modules.img to {fd,hd,iso}image

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Apr 19 2021 - 16:55:55 EST


From: "H. Peter Anvin" (Intel) <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>

Make it easy to generate a disk image which includes the all-modules
initramfs image.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/Makefile | 3 ++-
arch/x86/boot/Makefile | 11 +++++++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 943f26a32834..74f4e66568d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ define archhelp
echo ' isoimage - Create a boot CD-ROM image (arch/x86/boot/image.iso)'
echo ' bzdisk/fdimage*/hdimage/isoimage also accept:'
echo ' FDARGS="..." arguments for the booted kernel'
- echo ' FDINITRD=file initrd for the booted kernel'
+ echo ' FDINITRD=file initrd for the booted kernel'
+ echo ' FDMODS=1 to include all modules as an initrd'
echo ''
echo ' kvm_guest.config - Enable Kconfig items for running this kernel as a KVM guest'
echo ' xen.config - Enable Kconfig items for running this kernel as a Xen guest'
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index dfbc26a8e924..601ade7adc70 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -119,9 +119,20 @@ $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux: FORCE
FDARGS =
# Set this if you want one or more initrds included in the image
FDINITRD =
+# Set this to 1 if you want usr/modules.img included in the image
+FDMODS =

imgdeps = $(obj)/bzImage $(obj)/mtools.conf $(src)/genimage.sh

+ifneq ($(FDMODS),)
+imgdeps += $(objtree)/usr/modules.img
+FDINITRD += $(objtree)/usr/modules.img
+
+$(objtree)/usr/modules.img:
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile usr/modules.img
+KBUILD_MODULES := 1
+endif
+
$(obj)/mtools.conf: $(src)/mtools.conf.in
sed -e 's|@OBJ@|$(obj)|g' < $< > $@

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