> Américo Wang wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 10:44:04PM +0100, Carmelo Amoroso wrote:
> >> This patch allow to specify the directory where to find the
> >> depmod tool other than being forced to use the module-init-tools
> >> installed on the host. The reason for this is explained below.
> >> When doing cross-compilation, it not guaranteed that the
> >> module-init-tools installed on the host (and used during kernel build)
> >> are exactly the same and compatible with those used on the target at runtime.
> >> For example, recent changes in how depmod writes modules.dep using
> >> root-less path, make older modprobe unusable on the target.
> >> User in ths case could install in a different path the module-init-tools
> >> compatible with the version used on the target and specify the path on the
> >> command line.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Carmelo Amoroso <carmelo.amoroso@st.com>
> >
> > Acked-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> >
> >
>
> Hi,
> any plan to get it included ?
>
> cheers,
> carmelo
>
> >> ---
> >> Makefile | 3 ++-
> >> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> >> index b4c04f7..f5286c4 100644
> >> --- a/Makefile
> >> +++ b/Makefile
> >> @@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ OBJDUMP = $(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump
> >> AWK = awk
> >> GENKSYMS = scripts/genksyms/genksyms
> >> INSTALLKERNEL := installkernel
> >> -DEPMOD = /sbin/depmod
> >> +DEPMOD_PATH ?= /sbin
> >> +DEPMOD = $(DEPMOD_PATH)/depmod
> >> KALLSYMS = scripts/kallsyms
> >> PERL = perl
> >> CHECK = sparse
> >> -- 1.6.3.3
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