hello, On Wed, 31 Mar 2010, Jayen Ashar wrote:
> > I have a problem where modprobe hangs when trying to load the amd64_agp > module. mkinitramfs calls modprobe when adding things to initramfs. > While I acknowledge that is not a bug in mkinitramfs, I think I should > be able to use the blacklist (or some equivalent mechanism) to prevent > this from happening. why to you think that mkinitramfs loads any module? it merely calls modprobe to list the dependings of specific modules to have them also included in initramfs. > Until the amd64_agp bug is fixed (http://bugs.debian.org/570321), I have > to kill modprobe every time I upgrade my kernel, so I had requested this > wishlist item from initramfs-tools. http://bugs.debian.org/575454 Max > told me to ask on the mailing list (I'm assuming this one) before > opening this as a wishlist item. > > Is this a reasonable feature request? For mkinitramfs to avoid hanging > by honouring the blacklist when adding modules to initramfs? first of all the trouble concerning amd64_agp should be gone as it is no longer modular. what i still don't get is why it should hang there, could you provide an strace of the modprobe call, thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
