[Buildroot] [PATCH] linux: run depmod only if modules directory exists

[Yann E. MORIN]

Paul, All,

On 2020-06-23 13:38 +0200, Paul Cercueil spake thusly:
> If the modules directory that corresponds to the version of the kernel
> being built has been deleted, don't try to run depmod, which will
> obviously fail.
> 
> This can happen for instance when the modules are stripped from the main
> root filesystem, and placed into a separate filesystem image, so that
> the root filesystem and the kernel can be updated separately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul at crapouillou.net>
> ---
>  linux/linux.mk | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
> index b90b032bb9..d31933fea1 100644
> --- a/linux/linux.mk
> +++ b/linux/linux.mk
> @@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ endef
>  # Run depmod in a target-finalize hook, to encompass modules installed by
>  # packages.
>  define LINUX_RUN_DEPMOD
> -	if grep -q "CONFIG_MODULES=y" $(LINUX_DIR)/.config; then \
> +	if test -d $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/modules/$(LINUX_VERSION_PROBED) \

Removing stuff from target and then expecting everything continues to
work as expected is a bit hackish, I believe. But another maintainer
was OK with that patch, so applied to master now, thanks.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

> +		&& grep -q "CONFIG_MODULES=y" $(LINUX_DIR)/.config; then \
>  		$(HOST_DIR)/sbin/depmod -a -b $(TARGET_DIR) $(LINUX_VERSION_PROBED); \
>  	fi
>  endef
> -- 
> 2.27.0
> 
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