On September 20, 2019 11:29:01 PM CDT, Kevin Buckley via lfs-dev <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 07:46, DJ Lucas via lfs-dev ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In the book, we currently have the text "Install the modules, if the >kernel configuration uses them:" - this is incorrect. All kernels use >them, whether they are built-in or not, and this step is required to >populate /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.{builtin,dep,order,*}. This >sentence should be changed, but I'm at a loss for the moment. >Suggestions? >> >> --DJ > >Not clear, from the discussion so far, if the > >modules.{builtin,dep,order,*}. > >files need to be created for a SysV kernel that was built without any >modules, >although DJ's suggestion is that "things fail" for the SysD revision. > > >Given that there may be two different texts for the SysV and SysD >books, >then, assuming that it is thought necessary to alter the SysV text, >what >about changing the texts so that the two partially "echo" each other: > >SysV > >If the kernel configuration has specified that any kernel modules be >buiil, >create the directory that modules will be stored in, and install the >modules, >by running the following command > > >SysD > >Even if the kernel configuration has not specified that any kernel >modules be buiil, >systemd requires that the location they would be stored in be created, >so run the >following command > > >If it turns out that the SysV kernel really does require the files, >that cause systemd >to fail if they don't exist, then some form of the SysD text should >suffice to convey >why you need to run an "install modules" even when you haven't >explicitly built any >modules. > >Just my thr'pen'th, >Kevin >-- >http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >Unsubscribe: See the above information page
No this is on SysV. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
