Re: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs could call modprobe with --use-blacklist?

[Jayen Ashar <j__n@yahoo.com>]

--- On Thu, 1/4/10, maximilian attems <max@stro.at> wrote:

> From: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
> Subject: Re: initramfs-tools: mkinitramfs could call modprobe with --use-blacklist?
> To: "Jayen Ashar" <j__n@yahoo.com>
> Cc: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, 570321@bugs.debian.org
> Received: Thursday, 1 April, 2010, 9:26 AM
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 04:01:23AM
> -0700, Jayen Ashar wrote:
> > output from pstree:
> > `-aptitude,6493,root
> >     |-{aptitude},30685
> >     `-dpkg,30843 --status-fd 48
> --configure linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686
> >         `-frontend,30844
> -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686.postinst
> configure 2.6.32-5
> >         
>    `-linux-image-2.6,30850
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686.postinst
> configure 2.6.32-5
> >             
>    `-sh,30855 -c update-initramfs -c -t -k
> 2.6.32-trunk-686 >&2
> >               
>      `-update-initramf,30856
> /usr/sbin/update-initramfs -c -t -k 2.6.32-trunk-686
> >               
>          `-mkinitramfs,30858
> /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs -o
> /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686.new 2.6.32-trunk-686
> >               
>          
>    `-mkinitramfs,32566 /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs
> -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-trunk-686.new 2.6.32-trunk-686
> >               
>              
>    |-modprobe,32567
> --set-version=2.6.32-trunk-686 --ignore-install
> --show-depends amd64_agp
> >               
>              
>    `-awk,32568 /^insmod/ { print $2 }
> 
> this looks fine.

is it fine if modprobe hangs?  I have no option to call modprobe with -b in this case, to avoid it from hanging?  No workaround is available?


> please reportbug on module-init-tools
> with cc on debian-kernel@lists.debian.org

thanks for transferring the bug for me.