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linux: Allow modprobe for out-of-tree modules

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When a package installs a kernel module, it is currently not possible to
have it loaded with modprobe or when the kernel requests an alias for
it, as the module is not listed in /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/modules.dep
and the associated files.

So, we need to run depmod after all packages are installed, to register
any such out-of-tree module.

This means we should be able to let go of calling depmod at the time the
kernel is installed, but if we pass an invalid command, the kernel
whines:

      DEPMOD  5.4.27
    ./scripts/depmod.sh: 46: /dev/null: Permission denied
    make[2]: *** [Makefile:1326: _modinst_post] Error 126

This is because the kernel does not directly call to depmod, but uses a
wrapper that is not happy if depmod is not depmod.

Since the call to depmod does not cost much, we just keep it.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Santos <unixmania@gmail.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr:
  - keep calling depmod when installing kernel
  - expand commit log
]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
(cherry picked from commit 82e7656400)
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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Carlos Santos 2020-03-20 20:35:44 -03:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
parent f99603a29e
commit 8f5a610fe8
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@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ LINUX_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += LINUX_XTENSA_OVERLAY_EXTRACT
LINUX_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS += $(ARCH_XTENSA_OVERLAY_URL) LINUX_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS += $(ARCH_XTENSA_OVERLAY_URL)
endif endif
# We don't want to run depmod after installing the kernel. It's done in a
# target-finalize hook, to encompass modules installed by packages.
LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS = \ LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS = \
HOSTCC="$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \ HOSTCC="$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
ARCH=$(KERNEL_ARCH) \ ARCH=$(KERNEL_ARCH) \
@ -526,6 +528,13 @@ define LINUX_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
$(LINUX_INSTALL_HOST_TOOLS) $(LINUX_INSTALL_HOST_TOOLS)
endef endef
# Run depmod in a target-finalize hook, to encompass modules installed by
# packages.
define LINUX_RUN_DEPMOD
$(HOST_DIR)/sbin/depmod -a -b $(TARGET_DIR) $(LINUX_VERSION_PROBED)
endef
LINUX_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += LINUX_RUN_DEPMOD
# Include all our extensions. # Include all our extensions.
# #
# Note: our package infrastructure uses the full-path of the last-scanned # Note: our package infrastructure uses the full-path of the last-scanned