How to reinstall kernel modules with opkg?

Vasco Névoa vasco.nevoa at sapo.pt
Sat Nov 1 17:46:41 CET 2008


The problem also happens in OM2008.9 stable 
(Om2008.9-gta02-20080916.rootfs.jffs2), I just reflashed...
What am I doing wrong?


Vasco Névoa wrote:
> Distro: FDOM (Fat_and_Dirty_OM.200809_20081023.rootfs.jffs2)
>
> Hi.
>
> I'm fiddling with kernels and modules, and I think I tripped over a very 
> nasty situation.
> When I do "opkg install -force-reinstall kernel-modules", it installs 
> just the main package, and not the modules themselves.
> I have no simple way of installing the kernel modules, unless I do them 
> one by one. (!!!)
>
> The chain of dependencies looks alright from the bottom up:
> $ opkg whatdependsrec kernel-module-ppp-generic
> Root set:
>   kernel-module-ppp-generic
> What depends on root set
>     kernel-module-bsd-comp 
> 2:2.6.24+git75969+a1e97c611253511ffc2d8c45e3e6d6894fa03fa3-r1.01    
> depends on kernel-module-ppp-generic
>     kernel-module-ppp-async 
> 2:2.6.24+git75969+a1e97c611253511ffc2d8c45e3e6d6894fa03fa3-r1.01    
> depends on kernel-module-ppp-generic
>     kernel-module-ppp-deflate 
> 2:2.6.24+git75969+a1e97c611253511ffc2d8c45e3e6d6894fa03fa3-r1.01    
> depends on kernel-module-ppp-generic
>     kernel-module-ppp-mppe 
> 2:2.6.24+git75969+a1e97c611253511ffc2d8c45e3e6d6894fa03fa3-r1.01    
> depends on kernel-module-ppp-generic
>     kernel-module-ppp-synctty 
> 2:2.6.24+git75969+a1e97c611253511ffc2d8c45e3e6d6894fa03fa3-r1.01    
> depends on kernel-module-ppp-generic
>     kernel-modules 
> 2:2.6.24+git75969+a1e97c611253511ffc2d8c45e3e6d6894fa03fa3-r1.01    
> depends on kernel-module-bsd-comp
>     task-base-ppp 1.0-r67.02    depends on kernel-module-ppp-async
>     task-machine-base 1.0-r67.02    depends on kernel-modules
>     task-base 1.0-r67.02    depends on task-machine-base
>     task-openmoko-linux 1.0-r72    depends on task-base
>
> But it just fails in the top down direction:
> $ opkg whatprovides kernel-modules 
> Collected errors:
>  * What provides kernel-modules
>  *     kernel-modules *
>
> $ opkg install -force-reinstall -recursive kernel-modules
> Reinstalling kernel-modules 
> (2:2.6.24+git75969+a1e97c611253511ffc2d8c45e3e6d6894fa03fa3-r1.01) on 
> root...
> Downloading 
> http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Om2008.8/neo1973/kernel-modules_2.6.24+git75969+a1e97c611253511ffc2d8c45e3e6d6894fa03fa3-r1.01_neo1973.opk
> Configuring kernel-modules
> (and that's it)
>
> Can anybody clarify, please?
> Thanks.
> Vasco.
>
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