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Diffstat (limited to 'modutils')
| -rw-r--r-- | modutils/Config.src | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | modutils/modprobe-small.c | 34 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/modutils/Config.src b/modutils/Config.src index 4227f356a..84ff34a08 100644 --- a/modutils/Config.src +++ b/modutils/Config.src @@ -5,6 +5,37 @@ menu "Linux Module Utilities" +config MODPROBE_SMALL + bool "Simplified modutils" + default y + select PLATFORM_LINUX + help + Simplified modutils. + + With this option modprobe does not require modules.dep file + and does not use /etc/modules.conf file. + It scans module files in /lib/modules/`uname -r` and + determines dependencies and module alias names on the fly. + This may make module loading slower, most notably + when one needs to load module by alias (this requires + scanning through module _bodies_). + + At the first attempt to load a module by alias modprobe + will try to generate modules.dep.bb file in order to speed up + future loads by alias. Failure to do so (read-only /lib/modules, + etc) is not reported, and future modprobes will be slow too. + + NB: modules.dep.bb file format is not compatible + with modules.dep file as created/used by standard module tools. + + Additional module parameters can be stored in + /etc/modules/$module_name files. + + Apart from modprobe, other utilities are also provided: + - insmod is an alias to modprobe + - rmmod is an alias to modprobe -r + - depmod generates modules.dep.bb + INSERT comment "Options common to multiple modutils" diff --git a/modutils/modprobe-small.c b/modutils/modprobe-small.c index 51ba42f7a..e3a349b4e 100644 --- a/modutils/modprobe-small.c +++ b/modutils/modprobe-small.c @@ -7,37 +7,9 @@ * * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree. */ -//config:config MODPROBE_SMALL -//config: bool "Simplified modutils" -//config: default y -//config: select PLATFORM_LINUX -//config: help -//config: Simplified modutils. -//config: -//config: With this option modprobe does not require modules.dep file -//config: and does not use /etc/modules.conf file. -//config: It scans module files in /lib/modules/`uname -r` and -//config: determines dependencies and module alias names on the fly. -//config: This may make module loading slower, most notably -//config: when one needs to load module by alias (this requires -//config: scanning through module _bodies_). -//config: -//config: At the first attempt to load a module by alias modprobe -//config: will try to generate modules.dep.bb file in order to speed up -//config: future loads by alias. Failure to do so (read-only /lib/modules, -//config: etc) is not reported, and future modprobes will be slow too. -//config: -//config: NB: modules.dep.bb file format is not compatible -//config: with modules.dep file as created/used by standard module tools. -//config: -//config: Additional module parameters can be stored in -//config: /etc/modules/$module_name files. -//config: -//config: Apart from modprobe, other utilities are also provided: -//config: - insmod is an alias to modprobe -//config: - rmmod is an alias to modprobe -r -//config: - depmod generates modules.dep.bb -//config: + +/* config MODPROBE_SMALL is defined in Config.src to ensure better "make config" order */ + //config:config FEATURE_MODPROBE_SMALL_OPTIONS_ON_CMDLINE //config: bool "Accept module options on modprobe command line" //config: default y |