From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760692AbZJMRUP (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:20:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760661AbZJMRUO (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:20:14 -0400 Received: from Cpsmtpm-eml108.kpnxchange.com ([195.121.3.12]:50987 "EHLO CPSMTPM-EML108.kpnxchange.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760066AbZJMRUN (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:20:13 -0400 From: Frans Pop To: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Subject: Re: (Solved) Problem compile kernel on Ubuntu and using on Debian Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:19:31 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, sam@ravnborg.org References: <1255431677.13607.118.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-reply-To: <1255431677.13607.118.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200910131919.32560.elendil@planet.nl> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Oct 2009 17:19:32.0999 (UTC) FILETIME=[54965970:01CA4C29] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote: > If you get past this one, by compiling enough modules into the kernel, > BUT then a lot of modules does not seem to be loaded (modprobe). [...] > Q: I don't know why a depmod update is required, anyone feel free to > answer that question? The most likely reason is that the two systems have different, and incompatible, versions of module-init-tools. I've seen the same problem in the past [1] and, after a hefty discussion, accepted that you just _have_ to always run depmod -a after installing a kernel and before generating an initrd. Cheers, FJP [1] http://bugs.debian.org/518407