Currently, if a value that doesn't match a kernel version
("%u.%u") is passed in, depmod silently falls back to
using uname. Make it clear to the user that this is happening
by giving a message to the user.
---
tools/depmod.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/depmod.c b/tools/depmod.c
index 30f6191..f491542 100644
--- a/tools/depmod.c
+++ b/tools/depmod.c
@@ -2480,6 +2480,11 @@ static int do_depmod(int argc, char *argv[])
cfg.kversion = argv[optind];
optind++;
} else {
+ if (optind < argc) {
+ ERR("Bad version passed %s\n", argv[optind]);
+ ERR("Falling back to uname\n");
+ }
+
if (uname(&un) < 0) {
CRIT("uname() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
goto cmdline_failed;
--
2.4.3
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