Re: [PATCH] modules: don't call depmod when overriding externalmodule install path

[AmÃrico Wang]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:13:45PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:33:34 pm Jon Masters wrote:
>> 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 <jcm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>I leave the Makefile stuff to the kbuild people...
>

Looks good for me,

Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
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