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On 08/17/2016 12:54 PM, William Hubbs wrote: |
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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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> |
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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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As a gentoo user, developing a gentoo framework for rapid and frequent |
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(and yes unattended installs) on heterogeneous gentoo clusters, I think |
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Comment 8 says it all, repeat here for convenience:: |
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Comment 8 <partial> |
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"There are people for which having module-init-tools is just a waste of |
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space/time/build; we force it already enough with the profile, you don't |
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want to test for it everywhere, you don't want to hide output, tell me |
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what you want, so I can make it, but I don't want module-init-tools |
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forced in on LXC/xen/monolithic installs." |
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+1, |
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I rarely use loadable kernel modules, for my cluster builds. In fact I |
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migrating to a large variety of complete stage-4 images for gentoo |
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clusters, that are very use specific, highly tuned and minimized, |
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including openrc, the base profile and old codes necessary for the work |
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at hand, for the target hardware node. |
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hth, |
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James |
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