Re: [PATCH] kbuild: depmod: fallback to /boot/System.map-KERNELRELEASE

From: Adrián García Casado

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 07:21:24 EST


Verified on Debian 12 (x86_64) with Linux 7.3.0-rc7 packaged via
'make bindeb-pkg' while installing out-of-tree VirtualBox modules
(vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp).

Before this patch:
INSTALL /lib/modules/7.3.0-rc7/misc/vboxdrv.ko
DEPMOD /lib/modules/7.3.0-rc7
Warning: modules_install: missing 'System.map' file. Skipping depmod.

With this patch applied to scripts/depmod.sh:
INSTALL /lib/modules/7.3.0-rc7/misc/vboxdrv.ko
DEPMOD /lib/modules/7.3.0-rc7
(completes with 0 warnings)

And modules.dep is properly populated:
$ grep vbox /lib/modules/7.3.0-rc7/modules.dep
misc/vboxnetflt.ko: misc/vboxdrv.ko
misc/vboxnetadp.ko: misc/vboxdrv.ko
misc/vboxdrv.ko:

Tested-by: Adrián García Casado <adriangarciacasado42@xxxxxxxxx>