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Old 05-10-2017, 12:07 PM   #1
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/isolinux/initrd.img of -current cleanup


The -current's /isolinux/initrd.img contains virtio modules that can not be loaded by huge.s kernel.

The huge kernel config is:
Code:
$ wget -qO- http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-current/kernels/huge.s/config | grep _VIRTIO
CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS=m
CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON=m
CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO=y
CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU=m
CONFIG_VIRTIO=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI_LEGACY=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT=m
CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
# CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO_CMDLINE_DEVICES is not set
The /isolinux/initrd.img contains these virtio modules:
Code:
$ wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-current/isolinux/initrd.img
$ zcat initrd.img | cpio --quiet -it | grep /virtio.*\.ko
lib/modules/4.9.27/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtio-gpu.ko.gz
lib/modules/4.9.27/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_input.ko.gz
lib/modules/4.9.27/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.ko.gz
lib/modules/4.9.27/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.ko.gz
lib/modules/4.9.27/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_mmio.ko.gz
lib/modules/4.9.27/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.ko.gz
lib/modules/4.9.27/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio.ko.gz
lib/modules/4.9.27/kernel/drivers/net/virtio_net.ko.gz
lib/modules/4.9.27/kernel/drivers/block/virtio_blk.ko.gz
Most of them are built into the huge kernel (=y).

When try to load them:
Code:
# for m in \
 virtio-gpu virtio_input virtio_ring virtio_balloon \
 virtio_mmio virtio_pci virtio virtio_net virtio_blk 
do modprobe $m ; done
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'virtio_gpu': Exec format error
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'virtio_input': Exec format error
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'virtio_ring': Exec format error
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'virtio_balloon': Exec format error
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'virtio_mmio': Exec format error
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'virtio_pci': Exec format error
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'virtio': Exec format error
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'virtio_net': Exec format error
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'virtio_blk': Exec format error

# dmesg | tail -n9
virtio: exports duplicate symbol register_virtio_device (owned by kernel)
virtio: exports duplicate symbol register_virtio_device (owned by kernel)
virtio_ring: exports duplicate symbol virtio_break_device (owned by kernel)
virtio: exports duplicate symbol register_virtio_device (owned by kernel)
virtio: exports duplicate symbol register_virtio_device (owned by kernel)
virtio: exports duplicate symbol register_virtio_device (owned by kernel)
virtio: exports duplicate symbol register_virtio_device (owned by kernel)
virtio: exports duplicate symbol register_virtio_device (owned by kernel)
virtio: exports duplicate symbol register_virtio_device (owned by kernel)
All as expected...

So there is no value to have them in /isolinux/initrd.img.

Last edited by bormant; 05-10-2017 at 02:09 PM.
 
Old 05-10-2017, 01:35 PM   #2
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The modules are needed with the generic kernel, which is what the initrd is really for. The huge kernel should not be used really, except when installing your system.
 
Old 05-10-2017, 01:55 PM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alien Bob View Post
The huge kernel should not be used really, except when installing your system.
Yes, it's all about the install environment located in /isolinux/initrd.img on install media or in the Slackware tree:
http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...nux/initrd.img

It's not about a/kernel-modules package.

There are no chance to boot installer with generic kernel, there are no generic kernels in /kernels/ on install media or in the Slackware tree.

Last edited by bormant; 05-10-2017 at 03:42 PM.
 
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Old 05-10-2017, 02:42 PM   #4
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