thanks for quick feedback. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 05:15:06PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > You have to build a kernel from source while having the new m-i-t installed. > And then install that kernel *without* running depmod (which is currently > also not done by i-t).
well linux-2.6 images postinst and even k-p do this, so this quite arguiably a bug in make deb-pkg. > If you do run an extra depmod manually before calling i-t the problem will > have fixed itself because depmod is then called differently than during the > kernel build. > > I saw this issue after installing a kernel built from upstream source using > 'fakeroot make deb-pkg' (i.e. without using kernel-package or anything). > With the stable version of m-i-t kernels built that way install perfectly > (using custom hook scripts to create the initrd and update grub etc.). > > You can probably also reproduce it by running the following sequence of > commands, which should emulate the way the upstream kernel Makefile calls > depmod (using any kernel version you have installed for <kvers>): > # kvers=<kvers> > # mkdir -p /tmp/lib/modules > # cp -r /lib/modules/$kvers /tmp/lib/modules/ > # rm /tmp/lib/modules/$kvers/modules.* > # depmod -ae -F /boot/System.map-$kvers -b /tmp/ -r $kvers > > The file /tmp/lib/modules/<kvers>/modules.dep should then show the problem. copied over that file and saw still no sign of a trouble: mkinitramfs -v -o /tmp/foo | head -n 12 Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/hid.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/usbhid/usbhid.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-a4tech.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-apple.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-belkin.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-cherry.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-chicony.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-cypress.ko Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc8-amd64/kernel/drivers/hid/hid-ezkey.ko testbooted fine in qemu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
