[Buildroot] [PATCH 6/9] Ask the kernel source where it will installmodules

[Hans-Christian Egtvedt]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:32:46 +0200
"Grant Likely" <grant.likely at secretlab.ca> wrote:

> From: Grant Likely <grant.likely at secretlab.ca>
> 
> Originally, $(LINUX26_VERSION) was used to figure out which directory
> modules would get installed in under /lib/modules.  This causes
> problems when $(LINUX26_VERSION) differs from what version the kernel
> source thinks it is using because it will try to use depmod in the
> wrong directory.
> 

I like this stuff, I'll give it a spin and see how it performs. If it
works well I'll add it to the repo (unless somebody beat me to it).

> This patch adds a new variable $(LINUX26_VERSION_MOD) which resolves
> to the exact version string that the kernel uses.  Module install
> then uses this value instead of $(LINUX26_VERSION) when running depmod
> 
> This patch also eliminates the modules.dep target and makes
> .modules_installed depend on $(LINUX26_DIR)/.configured directly.
> This is necessary because the value of $(LINUX26_VERSION_MOD) is
> unavailable before the kernel is unpacked.  Trying to use it in a
> target or dependency name confuses make.

And what about using the $(PROJECT_DIR)/autotools-stamp directory
instead for the depend file? Follow with the stream, etc... Easier to
know how to trigger a reinstall as well.

<snip patch>

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Best regards,
Hans-Christian Egtvedt