From: VMware, Inc <>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:48:50 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Pass kernel version to depmod when installing kernel modules
X-Git-Tag: 2012.10.14-874563~42
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9869e4d75ff1199ed9d3379a081fd956ca588c6e;p=thirdparty%2Fopen-vm-tools.git

Pass kernel version to depmod when installing kernel modules

When building Open VM Tools in chroot jail, jail kernel version could
be different from the actual kernel version and compilation fails.
Suggested fix is to use depmod -a $(KERNEL_RELEASE)

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>
---

diff --git a/open-vm-tools/modules/Makefile.am b/open-vm-tools/modules/Makefile.am
index f87f26e24..39ef12050 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools/modules/Makefile.am
+++ b/open-vm-tools/modules/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export vmsyncdir := $(MODULES_DIR)/drivers/misc
 export vmxnetdir := $(MODULES_DIR)/drivers/net
 export vsockdir := $(MODULES_DIR)/net/vsock
 if WITH_ROOT_PRIVILEGES
-export DEPMOD := depmod -a
+export DEPMOD := depmod -a $(KERNEL_RELEASE)
 endif WITH_ROOT_PRIVILEGES
 
 include_HEADERS = $(top_srcdir)/lib/include/vmci_sockets.h