[OE-core] [PATCH] kernel.bbclass: populate /etc/modules-load.d/ with module_autoload entries too

[Richard Purdie]

On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 12:49 +0100, Martin Jansa wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:39:53AM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 10:36 +0100, Martin Jansa wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 09:16:33AM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 07:43 +0100, Martin Jansa wrote:
> > > > > * /etc/modules-load.d/foo.conf is used by systemd like /etc/modutils/foo was with sysvinit
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Martin Jansa <Martin.Jansa at gmail.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  meta/classes/kernel.bbclass |   10 ++++++++--
> > > > >  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > Since these look identical couldn't we symlink them? I'm not a big fan
> > > > of writing duplicate data to a package :/.
> > > 
> > > OK I'll change it in v2
> > 
> > Note that I'm wondering if we can just symlink the directory entirely
> > rather than the files themselves. There may be a reason that is a bad
> > idea but I don't know...
> 
> There are different filenames (notice .conf in the end) so I have patch
> doing symlinks for files not directories.

I'd seen the modprobe.d conf files and thought here was some similarity.
I have to admit I think systemd is nuts for requiring a copy of these
files when it could have used the existing layout. It looks like change
for the sake of change :(.

I'm nearly tempted to suggest we should just patch systemd to use the
other filenames...

Cheers,

Richard