Bug#395526: sl-modem-daemon: slmodemd dies silently at boot if module slamr is already loaded

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

tags 395526 morinfo
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Eduard Bloch wrote:

> I have no motivation to deal with broken behaviour of each and every
> package and I am not paid for that work either. There is almost nothing
> that initramfs may need from the slamr module.

how about asking info by the submitter why it lands there?!
and yes some DD are paid other are not, still it is volunteers work!
 
> > Since a couple of weeks initramfs-tools started to add slamr.ko in the
> > initrd for some reason; even if the module ungrab-winmodem.ko was _not_
> > copied, as the slamr module does not indicate any dependence, the slamr
> > module was loaded during the initrd phase.

there is a lot missing to your bug report. what gives the output of:
cat /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
cat /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
update-initramfs -u -v

> > There are also 2 other ways to solve:
> > 1. adding to the slamr module a dependence to ungrab-winmodem;
> > 2. adding a hook to initramfs-tools which _deletes_ the slamr module in
> >    case it was copied to initrd, which is the solution I'm using now.

i would like to know why it landed there?
out of default initramfs-tools has no business with slamr.

-- 
maks