On 29/07/14 20:22, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:25:15 +0200, Jarry wrote:
>
>> ________
>> * Creating list of required static device nodes for the current
>> kernel... Warning: /lib/modules/3.12.21-gentoo-r1/modules.devname not
>> found - ignor ________
>>
>> What does it mean and how can I get rid of it?
> By creating the missing file :)
>
>> Strange is, I do not have this message on any other system
>> (and I installed them the same way). All are updated, using
>> the same kernel. None of them is using modules, none of them
>> has /lib/modules/3.12.21-gentoo-r1/modules.devname and none
>> of them complains. Except this new one...
> /lib/modules/${uname -r)/modules.devname is created by depmod -a.
>
>Right, and if he is using monolitic kernel with CONFIG_MODULES=n in kernel /usr/src/linux/.config, with no modules at all, then he should remove 'kmod-static-nodes' init script from the runlevels to silence the warning That is, if that's really true, otherwise use `depmod -a` - Samuli
