58548 – HPPA LiveCD 2004.2 64bit modules.dep is emtpy /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/modules.dep

Bug 58548 - HPPA LiveCD 2004.2 64bit modules.dep is emtpy /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/modules.dep

Summary: HPPA LiveCD 2004.2 64bit modules.dep is emtpy /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-live...

Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	HPPA Linux

Importance:	High blocker (vote)
Assignee:	HPPA Porters

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Reported:	2004-07-27 07:02 UTC by Brook Warren
Modified:	2004-08-02 16:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Brook Warren 2004-07-27 07:02:41 UTC

The /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/modules.dep file for the HPPA 2004.2 LiveCD is emtpy. This is only an issue when booting vmlinux64 to boot the system in 64bit mode.
Tested with this command:
#file /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/modules.dep
/lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/modules.dep: emtpy




Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. enter command file /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/modules.dep
2. enter command modprobe tulip
3. enter command cat /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/modules.dep

Actual Results:  
1. #/lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/modules.dep: emtpy
2. #modprobe: Can't locate module tulip
3. nothing is printed to the screen because the file is emtpy

Expected Results:  
1. #/lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/modules.dep: ASCII text
2. It should have loaded the tulip driver just like it does when booting the
32bit kernel instead of the 64bit kernel.
3. It should have printed all of the modules and their module dependencies

This issue doesn't show up when booting the 32bit kernel. The modules.dep file
in the 32bit kernel modules directory has populated properly. The file
/lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd32/modules.dep is fine.

Comment 1 Brook Warren 2004-07-27 07:15:13 UTC

This situation exists for both the minimal and universal 2004.2 LiveCDs.

Comment 2 Brook Warren 2004-07-27 07:34:20 UTC

My work around for this was to copy all of the files from /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64 into another partition, mount that partition at /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64, and run depmod.

After that I can umount the partition and continue the install like normal.

So it's not really a showstopper.

Comment 3 Guy Martin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-07-27 08:43:43 UTC

You can also "insmod /lib/modules/2.4.26-pa6-r1-livecd64/path/to/the/module.o".

But this is still a issue and I'm working on it right now.

Comment 4 Guy Martin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-02 14:15:16 UTC

This is a problem either in catalyst or in baselayout. I've filled a bug about this if you want more info : 59188.

In the meantime I should have a new livecd with this fixed manualy in one or two days. I'll keep you posted.

Comment 5 Guy Martin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-08-02 16:21:35 UTC

Can you try this one please :

http://dev.gentoo.org/~gmsoft/experimental/hppa-livecd-20040802.iso