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All, |
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I'm starting this thread because of the bug I'm citing below [1]. |
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The issue is that some systems do not use kernel modules, and do not |
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have kmod installed at all. Since we run modprobe unconditionally in a |
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few places in OpenRC, we always generate "modprobe: command not found" |
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errors on systems which are set up like this. |
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If you read the bug, the proposed fixes have been a bit controversial in |
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the past. Since we have the "want" dependency now, I would like to |
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propose a different fix. |
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1. all of the current openrc services that use modprobe should have |
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"want modules" in their dependencies. |
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2. After this is done, these services should still attempt to load the |
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modules if necessary, but they should complain to the user about it and |
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recommend either building these modules in or using /etc/conf.d/modules |
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to configure them so they are loaded by the modules service. |
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3. Then, at some point in the future, OpenRC could remove the modprobe |
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commands. |
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Thoughts? |
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William |
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[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342313 |
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