On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 02:24:32PM -0700, randy_dunlap wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 07:56:36 -0700 Tom Rini wrote: > > > When running depmod to check for the correct version number, extra > > output we don't need to see, such as "depmod: QM_MODULES: Function not > > implemented" may show up. Redirect stderr to /dev/null as the version > > information that we do care about comes to stdout. > > > > Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > > --- a/Makefile > > +++ b/Makefile > > @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ modules_install: _modinst_ _modinst_post > > > > .PHONY: _modinst_ > > _modinst_: > > - @if [ -z "`$(DEPMOD) -V | grep module-init-tools`" ]; then \ > > + @if [ -z "`$(DEPMOD) -V 2>/dev/null | grep module-init-tools`" ]; then \ > > echo "Warning: you may need to install module-init-tools"; \ > > echo "See > > http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt";\ > > sleep 1; \ > > Well, seeing "QM_MODULES" is a great indicator that someone is using > modutils instead of module-init-tools, so I'd like to see it stay. > IOW, I somewhat disagree with "extra output we don't need to see."
This shows up when building a 2.6 kernel with incorrect tools installed. What shows up when building a 2.6 kernel on a 2.4 machine that's properly setup to do both is "depmod: Can't open /lib/modules/.../modules.dep for writing". -- Tom Rini http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
