On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 02:24:32PM -0700, randy_dunlap wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 07:56:36 -0700 Tom Rini wrote:
>
> > When running depmod to check for the correct version number, extra
> > output we don't need to see, such as "depmod: QM_MODULES: Function not
> > implemented" may show up. Redirect stderr to /dev/null as the version
> > information that we do care about comes to stdout.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <[email protected]>
> >
> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > --- a/Makefile
> > +++ b/Makefile
> > @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ modules_install: _modinst_ _modinst_post
> >
> > .PHONY: _modinst_
> > _modinst_:
> > - @if [ -z "`$(DEPMOD) -V | grep module-init-tools`" ]; then \
> > + @if [ -z "`$(DEPMOD) -V 2>/dev/null | grep module-init-tools`" ]; then \
> > echo "Warning: you may need to install module-init-tools"; \
> > echo "See http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt";\
> > sleep 1; \
>
> Well, seeing "QM_MODULES" is a great indicator that someone is using
> modutils instead of module-init-tools, so I'd like to see it stay.
> IOW, I somewhat disagree with "extra output we don't need to see."
This shows up when building a 2.6 kernel with incorrect tools installed.
What shows up when building a 2.6 kernel on a 2.4 machine that's
properly setup to do both is "depmod: Can't open
/lib/modules/.../modules.dep for writing".
--
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
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