make module_install

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.40.0212171909030.11803-100000 at mag.devdep.sysgo.de> you wrote:
>
> > driver anyway. I will even go so far to say that if you need  to  run
> > "depmod"  for  your embedded system you should fix your system design
> > because you are doing something wrong.
>
> Someone might use loadable modules because he doesn't want to release
> his driver under the GPL. I wouldn't exactly consider this wrong.

I do not intend to comment on the issue of binary modules.

But even in such a situation  the  necessity  to  run  depmod  in  an
embedded  system is IMHO an indication of a potential design problem.
Things should be kept simple.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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