On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 08:17:43PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Josh Triplett reports that initramfs-tools needs modules.builtin and > modules.builtin.modinfo to create a working initramfs for a non-modular > kernel. > > If this is a general tooling issue not limited to Debian, I think it > makes sense to change modules_install. > > This commit changes the targets as follows when CONFIG_MODULES=n. > > In-tree builds: > make modules -> no-op > make modules_install -> install modules.builtin(.modinfo) > > External module builds: > make modules -> show error message like before > make modules_install -> show error message like before > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/36a4014c73a52af27d930d3ca31d362b60f4461c.1686356364.git.josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > Reported-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> I'll send a followup patch that makes the Debian packaging script use `make modules_install` unconditionally.
