From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:53604 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751251AbdCRVpg (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:45:36 -0400 From: Yauheni Kaliuta To: Lucas De Marchi Cc: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] depmod: implement external directories support References: <20161123152339.27531-1-yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 23:46:38 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20161123152339.27531-1-yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com> (Yauheni Kaliuta's message of "Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:23:36 +0200") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-linux-modules@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, Lucas! Any feedback on that? >>>>> On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:23:36 +0200, Yauheni Kaliuta wrote: > Would it be possible to implement something like external > directories support in depmod (see PATCH 3 description). > I'll copy here the part: > This is a pretty simple extention of existing logic, since now > depmod already is able to: > a) scan modules with full path from command line without -a > switch; > b) detects broken symbol dependencies and broken modversions, > what assumes, that modules are already are not built for the > existing kernel. > Yauheni Kaliuta (3): > depmod: create depmod dir independent search function > depmod: search key: move builtin detection under the add function > depmod: implement external directories support > tools/depmod.c | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- > 1 file changed, 175 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) > -- > 2.9.3 -- WBR, Yauheni Kaliuta