[Bug 642421] Re: Maverick could not load /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/modules.dep

[Michael]

I investigated a bit further and my idea above is clearly wrong.  If I
put a printf right at the beginning of the initramfs init script that
triggers after the "FATAL" message, so this is clearly a modprobe
triggered by kernel code before init starts running.  My next suspicion
is that the kernel calls modprobe before it has finished unpacking the
initramfs, so that /sbin/modprobe is already available but modules.dep
is not.  And when I repacked the initramfs with modules.dep as the very
first file (well, after ".", "./lib", "./lib/modules" etc) the error
went away.

There are a few places in the kernel where modprobe can be called from.
Sticking printk statements in there should show which it is and what
command line is being called.  That will have to wait until I get round
to it though.

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Maverick could not load /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/modules.dep
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/642421
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