On Mon, 29 Apr 2013, Steven Rostedt wrote: ... snip ... > I should probably have localmodconfig stop here and wait for user input, > as this is usually lost in the make oldconfig that runs later. > > > > > so it sees the currently loaded modules: > > > > ath9k 110134 0 > > ath9k_common 14053 1 ath9k > > ath9k_hw 405771 2 ath9k,ath9k_common > > ath 23827 3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw > > > > it just has no idea how to hang onto them, yes? > > > > at this point, i think this is one of those anomalous corner cases > > that has to be recognized and resolved manually. but i can reproduce > > all of this from scratch if you'd like to see it. > > This looks like one of those things that happen when you use an older > config with a newer kernel. localmodconfig is really made for just > turning off what's not used, not for turning on things that were not > there before. This is because it wont know the right dependency to turn > on. > > I don't consider this a bug, just something you need to be aware of. > > I could add to localmodconfig to stop after the warnings and say > something like: > > "The above warnings could be caused by running an older config with a > newer kernel. You may want to run the origin config against 'make > oldconfig' to select any new dependencies that might be required." i threw all this onto a wiki page, if anyone else wants to play along: http://www.crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Atheros_and_localmodconfig and you're right, of course, it's not a "localmodconfig" thing after all. however, the last bit on that wiki page still puzzles me and i just noticed it -- even after i manually add in the atheros stuff, localmodconfig still throws it away again, this time without warning. anyway, i know the workaround so i'll go with that. i figure i've beaten this adequately senseless. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
