Bug#652672: busybox: modprobe does not handle builtins

[Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>]

severity 652672 wishlist
thanks

On 19.12.2011 22:52, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Package: busybox
> Version: 1:1.19.3-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> Unlike the modprobe utility from module-init-tools, busybox' version
> fails for built-in modules:
> 
> ,----
> | % grep ext4 /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.builtin
> | kernel/fs/ext4/ext4.ko
> | % sudo modprobe ext4
> | % sudo busybox modprobe ext4
> | modprobe: module ext4 not found in modules.dep
> `----
> 
> This leads to annoying error messages on boot.

This is what -q option is for, and it always worked this way
initially.  Later modprobe in m-i-t changed behavour, but it
is not really necessary to follow this - IMHO anyway.  After
all, you requested to load a module and modprobe can't do that,
hence I think m-i-t is wrong here.

Besides, it works just fine here, no annoying error messages
like that.

I'd close this bug right away but I want to hear your opinion
first, hence downgrading it to wishlist - since the behavour
is correct.

Thanks,

/mjt