Re: Q: How to add more modules when -H is specified?

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On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Harald Hoyer <harald@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 29.07.2011 10:57, WANG Cong wrote:
>>
>> Hi, dracut people,
>>
>> I am not sure about the expected behaviour when I specify both
>> -H and --add foo (where module foo is not automatially added
>> by -H). It looks like with -H specified, --add foo will not
>> take any effect?
>>
>> At least `-H --add nfs` doesn't work if my rootfs is not nfs,
>> I see the following check in modules.d/95nfs/module-setup.sh,
>>
>>     [ $hostonly ] && ! egrep -q '/ nfs[34 ]' /proc/mounts && return 1
>>
>> So, is this expected? I mean as long as I specify -H, there is
>> no way to add more modules? Or just the nfs check code is wrong?
>
> Hmm, yes, currently all "add" modules also have the hostonly check.
> Sometimes you want that behaviour, sometimes not..
>
> We might want s.th. like "--force-add" for that use case.

This is exactly what comes into my mind. :-D

>
>>
>> Also, I am looking for a way to add all needed modules for
>> devices mounted in current system, as -H only adds modules
>> needed by rootfs.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>
> Not (yet) implemented. I accept patches :-)
>

How about add a new option, e.g. '--all-mounted'?
Anyway, I will try to make some patches.

Thanks!
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