* Rusty Russell <[email protected]> [2012-02-03 14:16:30 +1030]: > On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:45 -0800, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Richard Farina <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 01/29/2012 04:39 PM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote: > > >> > > >> On 01/24/2012 08:35 PM, Richard Farina wrote: > > >>> > > >>> module-init-tools has been deprecated in favor of kmod in Arch Linux, > > >>> and kmod doesn't have the legacy --list option for modprobe. > > >>> This patch fixes the areas of the Makefile which actually needed the > > >>> output of modprobe -l. The other 100's of uses are just to echo info to > > >>> the screen which in this case will simply fail in an extremely noisy > > >>> fashion yet non-fatal way. > > >>> > > >>> Please apply to all branches. > > >>> > > >>> Signed-of-By: Rick Farina<[email protected]> > > >>> > > >>> diff -Naur compat-wireless-3.3-rc1-2/Makefile > > >>> compat-wireless-3.3-rc1-2-modinfo-migration/Makefile > > >>> --- compat-wireless-3.3-rc1-2/Makefile 2012-01-21 02:00:21.000000000 > > >>> -0500 > > >>> +++ compat-wireless-3.3-rc1-2-modinfo-migration/Makefile 2012-01-24 > > >>> 14:27:20.000000000 -0500 > > >>> @@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ > > >>> # Sometimes not available in the path > > >>> MODPROBE := /sbin/modprobe > > >>> > > >>> -ifneq ($(wildcard $(MODPROBE)),) > > >>> -MADWIFI=$(shell $(MODPROBE) -l ath_pci) > > >>> -OLD_IWL=$(shell $(MODPROBE) -l iwl4965) > > >>> -endif > > >>> -
Why do you need to know this? If you really need this, it can be well accomplished by 'find'. That's the reason it was removed from modprobe (and it was already deprecated in module-init-tools). But what's the point in knowing where the file is? > > >> > > >> What happens if modinfo is not available? I do not know on what systems > > >> this is the case, but I do not think that modinfo is available when > > >> modprobe is not. > > > > > > AFAIK this is never the case. modinfo is packaged with module-init-tools > > > and on Arch module-init-tools has been replaced by KMOD which also > > > includes > > > modinfo. It would seem to me that at this point modinfo is a required > > > tool > > > and is always packaged with modprobe. > > > > Rusty, should all Linux distributions that carry modprobe also have modinfo > > ? > > Yes, at least so far. But you should make sure the kmod guys are in the > loop, so they know exactly what you're trying to do. > Yes, let us know what exactly you are trying to accomplish here. Lucas De Marchi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-modules" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
