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diff --git a/source/a/module-init-tools/modprobe.no_sys_check.diff b/source/a/module-init-tools/modprobe.no_sys_check.diff deleted file mode 100644 index 90e9a7d1..00000000 --- a/source/a/module-init-tools/modprobe.no_sys_check.diff +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -http://bugs.gentoo.org/258442 - -From 1a55ee5297b883ea4b43cdf74ad890873ebe966c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 -From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> -Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:21:10 -0500 -Subject: [PATCH] modprobe: remove pointless /sys requirement - -When modprobe was converted from parsing /proc to parsing /sys, it was not -a straight conversion. Instead, a "sanity" check was added early on where -modprobe would simply abort doing anything useful if /sys isn't mounted. -Unfortunately, this makes modprobe fairly unusable. Considering the -kernel itself can invoke modprobe before userspace gets a chance to start -the init process (and actually mount /sys), we end up with a chicken and -egg issue. Which gets even worse when the kernel keeps running modprobe -over and over and the boot output fills up with: -modprobe: FATAL: /sys is not mounted. -modprobe: FATAL: /sys is not mounted. -modprobe: FATAL: /sys is not mounted. -modprobe: FATAL: /sys is not mounted. -modprobe: FATAL: /sys is not mounted. -modprobe: FATAL: /sys is not mounted. - -Since modprobe itself is already written to handle the case where it -cannot figure out whether a given module is loaded (and so was able to run -perfectly fine without /proc being mounted), the check is wholly useless. - -Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> ---- - modprobe.c | 5 ----- - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) - -diff --git a/modprobe.c b/modprobe.c -index 022004c..110204b 100644 ---- a/modprobe.c -+++ b/modprobe.c -@@ -1522,11 +1522,6 @@ static void handle_module(const char *modname, - const char *cmdline_opts, - int flags) - { -- struct stat finfo; -- -- if (stat("/sys/module", &finfo) < 0) -- fatal("/sys is not mounted.\n"); -- - if (list_empty(todo_list)) { - const char *command; - --- -1.6.1.3 - - |