Re: [PATCH] depmod: sort output according to modules.order, take #2

[Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>]

Tejun Heo wrote:
> Kbuild now generates and installs modules.order along with modules.
> This patch updates depmod such that it sorts module list according to
> the file before generating output files.  Modules which aren't on
> modules.order are put after modules which are ordered by
> modules.order.
> 
> This makes modprobe to prioritize modules according to kernel
> Makefile's just as built-in modules are link-ordered by them.
> 
> This patch is against module-init-tools 3.3-pre1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
> Cc: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>

The kernel part is in now.  Rusty Russell, what do you think about this
depmod change?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun