Mkinitcpio no mods available

[ZZs]

@ryanvade
So I did a little test today to see if Arch's 3.18.2 kernel would work with my broadcom card. Well kernel panic happen so I delt with that, but before I rolled back I tried to fix a bad blacklist statement. So I removed the statement and recompiled with "mkinitcpio -p linux" then "Wam, Boom, Bam" fit hit the shan. No kernel mods were installed...

Yeah, I fixed it later chroot-arch and got busy (a couple times), but my question is WTF happen?

Why would "mkinitcpio -p linux" not install any mods. Yea, I fixed it in no time but I dont get what happen. Anyone?

Ryan u will know probably if no else one does...

 

[ryanvade]

more then likely when you rolled back (both image and headers right?) dkms was never called. DKMS actually builds the modules while mkinitcpio creates the squashfs.

 

[ZZs]

more then likely when you rolled back (both image and headers right?) dkms was never called. DKMS actually builds the modules while mkinitcpio creates the squashfs.

No. before I tried to roll back I tried to fix a blacklist USB. So I was in the new kernel and tried to fix the blacklist. Then mkinitcpio pounded me with errors when I tried "mkinitcpio -p linux". It was very trippy to me.

Then I had chroot-arch reload base. reboot Then I could chroot-arch reload the kernel. Many steps but i fixed it.

But why was no mods available the first time...????

 

[ryanvade]

No. before I tried to roll back I tried to fix a blacklist USB. So I was in the new kernel and tried to fix the blacklist. Then mkinitcpio pounded me with errors when I tried "mkinitcpio -p linux". It was very trippy to me.

Then I had chroot-arch reload base. reboot Then I could chroot-arch reload the kernel. Many steps but i fixed it.

But why was no mods available the first time...????

I just told you.

 

[ZZs]

Yeah, I understand thanks!