Re: [PATCH] depmod: sort output according to modules.order, take #2

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Dec 13 2007 - 02:23:36 EST


On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 09:07:57PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Kbuild now generates and installs modules.order along with modules.
> This patch updates depmod such that it sorts module list according to
> the file before generating output files. Modules which aren't on
> modules.order are put after modules which are ordered by
> modules.order.
>
> This makes modprobe to prioritize modules according to kernel
> Makefile's just as built-in modules are link-ordered by them.
>
> This patch is against module-init-tools 3.3-pre1.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

thanks,

greg k-h
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