Bug#705579: please consider the kernel module dependencies

[Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>]

Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de> writes:

> Package: initramfs-tools
> Version: 0.110
> Severity: wishlist
>
> It would be very nice if mkinitramfs considers the kernel
> module dependencies when creating the initrd. /lib/modules/\
> 3.8.?/modules.dep shows pretty clear that ehci-hcd depends
> upon ehci-pci, for example. See #700572.
>
> This would make initramfs-tools much more insusceptible to
> future changes in the module dependencies.

The idea is good, but the example is bad.  ehci-pci depends on ehci-hcd,
not the other way round.  So automatic dependency tracking would not
have bought you anything in this case.


bjorn@nemi:/tmp$ modinfo ehci-hcd ehci-pci
filename:       /lib/modules/3.9.0-rc5+/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.ko
license:        GPL
author:         David Brownell
description:    USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
depends:        usbcore
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.9.0-rc5+ SMP mod_unload modversions 
parm:           log2_irq_thresh:log2 IRQ latency, 1-64 microframes (int)
parm:           park:park setting; 1-3 back-to-back async packets (uint)
parm:           ignore_oc:ignore bogus hardware overcurrent indications (bool)
filename:       /lib/modules/3.9.0-rc5+/kernel/drivers/usb/host/ehci-pci.ko
license:        GPL
author:         Alan Stern
author:         David Brownell
description:    EHCI PCI platform driver
alias:          pci:v0000104Ad0000CC00sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc0Csc03i20*
depends:        usbcore,ehci-hcd
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.9.0-rc5+ SMP mod_unload modversions 



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