Bug#588452: "softdep" modules not included in initramfs when MODULES=dep is specified

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:03:39 -0400 (EDT), Michael Prokop wrote:
> 
> For MODULES=dep we use modprobe as interface to detect dependencies.
> To display the dependencies of dasd_eckd_mod you could run:
> 
>  modprobe --set-version="$(uname -r)" --ignore-install --quiet --show-depends dasd_eckd_mod | awk '/^insmod/ { print $2 }'
> 
> which will not list dasd_diag_mod as a dependency AFAICS.

Output of the above command on my system:

   /lib/modules/2.6.32-custom5b-s390x/kernel/drivers/s390/block/dasd_mod.ko
   /lib/modules/2.6.32-custom5b-s390x/kernel/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd_mod.ko

In other words, it list only the module itself plus hard dependencies.

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