On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 1:33 AM, Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Dne 11.6.2014 21:41, Andy Lutomirski napsal(a): >> Every few months, I forget why I type: >> >> $ sudo make -j12 modules_install && sudo make -j12 install >> >> instead of just: >> >> $ sudo make -j12 modules_install install >> >> I try the latter, it appears to work, and then my machine won't boot >> because dracut got confused. This fixes it once and for all: if you >> ask make to install modules and a kernel, you almost certainly want >> the modules installed *first* so that your initramfs scripts can >> find the modules. >> >> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> arch/x86/Makefile | 9 +++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile >> index 33f71b0..7280d28 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/Makefile >> +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile >> @@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ PHONY += install >> install: >> $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $@ >> >> +# If installing modules and a kernel, it's very likely that some initramfs >> +# script associated with installing the kernel will reference the modules, >> +# so make sure that modules are installed first. >> +ifneq ($(filter modules_install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),) >> + ifneq ($(filter modules_install,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),) > > The two conditions are identical. Did you mean to check for "install" in > one of them? Yes, although I think that the check for "install" is actually unnecessary. Is there some way to do this in the core kbuild? --Andy > > Thanks, > Michal -- Andy Lutomirski AMA Capital Management, LLC -- 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