Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Make modules_install doesn't create /lib/modules/$version | From | Martin Schlemmer <> | Date | Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:01:46 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 11:10, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > Martin Schlemmer writes: > > On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 04:25, Rusty Russell wrote: > > > In message <20030918091511.276309a6.rddunlap@osdl.org> you write: > > > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:21:40 -0400 Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > | I've installed -test3, -test4, and now -test5, and each time make > > > > | modules_install died with the following error: > > > > | > > > > | Kernel: arch/i386/boot/bzImage is ready > > > > | sh arch/i386/boot/install.sh 2.6.0-test5 arch/i386/boot/bzImage System.map "" > > > > | /lib/modules/2.6.0-test5 is not a directory. > > > > > > Looks like arch/i386/boot/install.sh is calling ~/bin/installkernel or > > > /sbin/installkernel, which is not creating the directory. > > > > > > Should depmod create the directory? It can, of course, but AFAICT the > > > old one didn't. > > > > > > Maybe a RedHat issue? > > > > > > > Likely, it works fine here with the one we are using > > from debianutils. > > So how come it's never been a problem on my RH boxes? > (Currently RH9 + module-init-tools but none of Arjan's .rpms) > > I basically do > make bzImage modules |& tee /tmp/log > grep Warning /tmp/log > su > make modules_install > make install > > Creating the /lib/modules/<version> directory is the kernel's > job, not installkernel (it's never done that before).
Yes, OK, so I have not checked =) I just reacted on if installkernel form non RH misbehave or not.
So what have you tried up to now ? Does there even exist a /lib/modules/2.6.0-test5 ? If so, is it an file/something else ? What happens if you create it manually beforehand ?
Else have a look at scripts/Makefile.modinst and maybe add a few @echo's. I have not looked that closely at the build system yet.
-- Martin Schlemmer
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