Re: [PATCH] x86,build: Fix make -jN modules_install install

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Wed Jun 11 2014 - 15:45:05 EST


On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:41:57PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Every few months, I forget why I type:
>
> $ sudo make -j12 modules_install && sudo make -j12 install
>
> instead of just:
>
> $ sudo make -j12 modules_install install
>
> I try the latter, it appears to work, and then my machine won't boot
> because dracut got confused. This fixes it once and for all: if you
> ask make to install modules and a kernel, you almost certainly want
> the modules installed *first* so that your initramfs scripts can
> find the modules.

Is this problem x86 specific?

Sam
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