Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:44:58 -0800 | From | Deepak Saxena <> | Subject | Re: Modprobe as script breaks initramfs kernel? |
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On Feb 22 2007, at 19:44, Jan Engelhardt was caught saying: > > On Feb 22 2007 14:30, Michael Tokarev wrote: > >Deepak Saxena wrote: > >> We attempted an experiment in cleaning up some modprobe messages during > >> initramfs bootup when the modules directory is missing by moving modprobe > >> to modprobe-bin and replacing modprobe with the following simple shell script: > >> > >> #!/bin/sh > >> # Clean up bootup when modules are not present > >> > >> if [ -e "/lib/modules/'uname -r'/modules.dep" ] ; then > >> /sbin/modprobe-bin $* > > The nitpick guide says: `uname -r` and "$@" instead of $* ;-)
Yeah. The quotes were a typo in my email. :)
> >This is the same issue I reported much earlier with /sbin/hotplug being a script > >in initrfamfs. The problem is because pipefs isn't initialized yet at the time > >the script gets called, and causes a NULL-pointer deref. Obviously you're using > >pipe above. > > Btw, has this pipefs issue been adressed (by moving pipefs before initramfs > stage), or something?
If it hasn't, it's now on my todo list.
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