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From: "Michal Suchánek" <msuchanek@suse.de>
To: "Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@suse.com>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>,
	linux-modules@vger.kernel.org, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.com>,
	Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] depmod: Handle installing modules under a prefix
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 16:05:51 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230714140551.GK9196@kitsune.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mg5c43nynzgrp6mn47shxjobquqjs3klxwwheesjmsotvlalbx@axhwgiehelfx>

Hello,

On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 03:59:17PM +0200, Michal Koutný wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 03:38:18PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> wrote:
> > Ok, so if the problem statement is that hardcoded paths are bad, then why
> > continue to hardcode the "/lib/modules" fragment? Just make it so that
> > KERNEL_MODULE_PREFIX can be set to the exact string "/usr/lib/modules" and not
> > just "/usr".
> 
> That sounds cleaner but I'm worried it would be a BC break in setups
> that expect the existing layout under INSTALL_MOD_PATH, wouldn't it?

It's a break either way, the expected directory righ now is exactly
/lib/modules. /usr/lib/modules works to some extent for some use cases
only when the compatibility symlink lib -> usr/lib is present.

Thanks

Michal

  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-14 14:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-11 15:31 [PATCH 0/4] kmod /usr support Michal Suchanek
2023-07-11 15:31 ` [PATCH 1/4] man/depmod.d: Fix incorrect /usr/lib search path Michal Suchanek
2023-07-11 15:31 ` [PATCH 2/4] libkmod, depmod: Load modprobe.d, depmod.d from $prefix/lib Michal Suchanek
2023-07-12  6:47   ` Jiri Slaby
2023-07-12  7:35     ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-11 15:31 ` [PATCH 3/4] kmod: Add config command to show compile time configuration as JSON Michal Suchanek
2023-07-11 15:31 ` [PATCH 4/4] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Search for kernel modules under ${module_prefix} Michal Suchanek
2023-07-11 15:34 ` [PATCH] depmod: Handle installing modules under a prefix Michal Suchanek
2023-07-12  5:47   ` Jiri Slaby
2023-07-12  7:38     ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-12 13:45     ` [PATCH v2--to=linux-modules@vger.kernel.org] " Michal Suchanek
2023-07-12 14:14       ` Masahiro Yamada
2023-07-12 16:15         ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-14  6:25       ` [PATCH v2] " Jiri Slaby
2023-07-14 12:21         ` [PATCH v3] " Michal Suchanek
2023-07-14 13:38           ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-07-14 13:57             ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-14 13:59             ` Michal Koutný
2023-07-14 14:05               ` Michal Suchánek [this message]
2023-07-14 14:05           ` Nicolas Schier
2023-07-14 14:30             ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-14 14:42               ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-07-14 14:54               ` Nicolas Schier
2023-07-14 15:10                 ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-14 19:37                   ` Nicolas Schier
2023-07-17  9:55                     ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-17 19:14                   ` Masahiro Yamada
2023-07-18  8:52                     ` Michal Suchánek
2023-09-11 19:56                     ` [PATCH] kbuild: rpm-pkg: Fix build with non-default MODLIB Michal Suchanek
2023-07-17 19:13                 ` [PATCH v3] depmod: Handle installing modules under a prefix Masahiro Yamada
2023-07-12 14:00 ` [PATCH kmod v2 1/4] man/depmod.d: Fix incorrect /usr/lib search path Michal Suchanek
2023-07-12 14:00 ` [PATCH kmod v2 2/4] libkmod, depmod: Load modprobe.d, depmod.d from $prefix/lib Michal Suchanek
2023-07-14 14:16   ` Nicolas Schier
2023-07-14 14:34     ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-12 14:00 ` [PATCH kmod v2 3/4] kmod: Add config command to show compile time configuration as JSON Michal Suchanek
2023-07-14 13:52   ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-07-14 14:02     ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-14 14:12       ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-07-14 15:26   ` Nicolas Schier
2023-07-14 16:58     ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-12 14:00 ` [PATCH kmod v2 4/4] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Search for kernel modules under ${module_prefix} Michal Suchanek
2023-07-14 13:54   ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-07-17 10:39 ` [PATCH kmod v4 0/4] kmod /usr support Michal Suchanek
2023-07-17 10:39   ` [PATCH kmod v4 1/4] man/depmod.d: Fix incorrect /usr/lib search path Michal Suchanek
2023-07-17 10:39   ` [PATCH kmod v4 2/4] libkmod, depmod: Load modprobe.d, depmod.d from $prefix/lib Michal Suchanek
2023-07-17 10:39   ` [PATCH kmod v4 3/4] kmod: Add config command to show compile time configuration as JSON Michal Suchanek
2023-07-17 10:39   ` [PATCH kmod v4 4/4] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Make directory for kernel modules configurable Michal Suchanek
2023-07-17 19:28     ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-07-18  8:43       ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-18  9:41         ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-07-18 10:29           ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-18 12:17             ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-07-18 12:27               ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-18 12:42                 ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-07-18 13:45                   ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-17 20:12     ` Lucas De Marchi
2023-07-18  8:32       ` Michal Suchánek
2023-07-17 10:40   ` [PATCH v4] depmod: Handle installing modules under a prefix Michal Suchanek
2023-07-18 12:01   ` [PATCH kmod v5 0/5] kmod /usr support Michal Suchanek
2023-07-18 12:01     ` [PATCH kmod v5 1/5] configure: Detect openssl sm3 support Michal Suchanek
2023-07-18 12:01     ` [PATCH kmod v5 2/5] man/depmod.d: Fix incorrect /usr/lib search path Michal Suchanek
2023-07-18 12:01     ` [PATCH kmod v5 3/5] libkmod, depmod: Load modprobe.d, depmod.d from ${prefix}/lib Michal Suchanek
2023-07-18 12:01     ` [PATCH kmod v5 4/5] kmod: Add pkgconfig file with kmod compile time configuration Michal Suchanek
2023-07-18 12:01     ` [PATCH kmod v5 5/5] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Make directory for kernel modules configurable Michal Suchanek
2023-10-17 17:50       ` Lucas De Marchi
2023-10-18  1:25         ` Jan Engelhardt
2023-11-09 17:40           ` Michal Suchánek
2023-11-09 17:44         ` Michal Suchánek
2023-11-10 12:13         ` [PATCH 0/2] kmod /usr support Michal Suchanek
2023-11-10 12:13           ` [PATCH 1/2] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Make directory for kernel modules configurable Michal Suchanek
2023-11-10 12:13           ` [PATCH 2/2] configure: Check that provided paths are absolute Michal Suchanek
2023-12-06 18:36           ` [PATCH 0/2] kmod /usr support Lucas De Marchi
2023-12-19  8:37             ` Masahiro Yamada
2024-08-21 17:58               ` Nathan Chancellor
2024-08-22  5:05                 ` Lucas De Marchi
2024-08-22 13:12                 ` Emil Velikov
2024-08-22  6:05               ` Lucas De Marchi
2024-08-22  8:36                 ` Michal Suchánek
2024-08-23 13:03                   ` Masahiro Yamada
2024-08-23 14:29                     ` Michal Suchánek
2023-11-13  9:27         ` [PATCH kmod v5 5/5] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Make directory for kernel modules configurable Michal Suchánek
2023-07-18 12:03     ` [PATCH v5] depmod: Handle installing modules under a prefix Michal Suchanek
2023-07-18 12:14       ` Masahiro Yamada
2023-08-17 16:37     ` [PATCH kmod v5 0/5] kmod /usr support Michal Suchánek
2023-08-19 11:25       ` Masahiro Yamada
2023-08-21  6:22         ` Michal Suchánek
2023-09-11 19:50         ` Michal Suchánek
2023-10-17 15:45     ` Michal Suchánek
2023-10-17 16:18       ` Lucas De Marchi
2023-10-17 16:40         ` Michal Suchánek

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