files missing from kernels built with the kernel kit

[mrfricks]

not sure when things changed but the zdrv.sfs built for tahrpup had some extra files in /lib/modules/$kernel version

modules.builtin.bin  modules.order
modules.alias      modules.dep          modules.softdep
modules.alias.bin  modules.dep.bin      modules.symbols
modules.builtin    modules.devname      modules.symbols.bin

these are missing from the zdvr.sfs built with the latest kernel kit.. some but not all get created when you boot, but modules.builtin & modules.order are missing and cause modprobe errors

modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:514 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/lib/modules/4.4.19/modules.builtin.bin'

[wdlkmpx]

modules.dep.bin is generated by depmod

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/modules.dep.5.html

i'm not sure if those files were generated by kernel-kit. the way to know is by compiling a kernel with the kernel kit in the legacy branch

git checkout legacy

[mrfricks]

those files are in previous zdrv.sfs which were built with legacy depmod seems to need modules.builtin & modules.order

depmod
depmod: WARNING: could not open /lib/modules/4.4.19/modules.order: No such file or directory
depmod: WARNING: could not open /lib/modules/4.4.19/modules.builtin: No such file or directory

[mrfricks]

just tried 01mickos slacko64 7.0.0 alpha and that has the same issue

[wdlkmpx]

yesss.. you're right. it was my fault.

i tried to compile a tiny kernel, but there was error. but i think commit https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/commit/a5444f24763dea414ce69a57d7fc3e4e269b3b65 fixes this issue

[wdlkmpx]

although the files can be found in /etc/modules ... with a couple lines in rc.sysinit it can restore those files to their proper location if they're missing.

[wdlkmpx]

In /etc/modules there is also DOTconfig-$kernel_version and the same file in /boot/config-$kernel_version

I've seen docs saying /boot/config-$kernel_version is the right path

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14587251/understanding-boot-config-file

[01micko]

@ninaholic you shouldn't need to because the bug was in rc.sysinit. The kernel should be fine.

[gyrog]

Sorry for not commenting earlier, but init uses modules.order, so pelase fix in zdrv not in rc.sysinit.

[mrfricks]

wdlkmpx i built kernel 4.7.2 and it's now fixed. modprobe & depmod working

thanks