Bug#402499: initramfs-tools: depmod wastes space and time, please replace it with a modules.dep file

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

[ please don't drop the uncorelated bug report out of cc,
  or i'll get angry, this is _not_ personal mail! ]

On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 11:30:06AM +0100, Jindrich Makovicka wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 11:21:42 +0100
> maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 10:06:59AM +0100, Jindrich Makovicka wrote:
<snipp>
> > 
> > and the initramfs you are booting was created with 0.85e??
> 
> Yes.
 
> > sure initramfs is _before_ the real init.
> 
> I meant /init of the initramfs, not /sbin/init of the "real" fs.
> It looks like the kernel can call modprobe even before (the
> first) init.

no. 

> > nevertheless depmod -a is called in the init script of
> > initramfs-tools. there is nothing loading a module before, care to
> > really submit a separate bug report.
> 
> It can also be a kernel problem. I will try to investigate it.

maybe hard to tell with the actual error messages or boot log.
hint: serial console

-- 
maks