[dm-devel] [PATCH 01/16] Make kpartx advise modprobe instead of insmod

Benjamin Marzinski bmarzins at redhat.com
Thu May 2 21:46:22 UTC 2013


Users usually want to use modprobe instead of insmod, since it
handles finding the correct version and dependencies.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins at redhat.com>
---
 kpartx/lopart.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kpartx/lopart.c b/kpartx/lopart.c
index 9413ab1..79a7593 100644
--- a/kpartx/lopart.c
+++ b/kpartx/lopart.c
@@ -205,13 +205,13 @@ find_unused_loop_device (void)
 		fprintf(stderr,
 		    "mount: Could not find any loop device, and, according to %s,\n"
 		    "       this kernel does not know about the loop device.\n"
-		    "       (If so, then recompile or `insmod loop.o'.)",
+		    "       (If so, then recompile or `modprobe loop'.)",
 		      PROC_DEVICES);
 
 	    else
 		fprintf(stderr,
 		    "mount: Could not find any loop device. Maybe this kernel does not know\n"
-		    "       about the loop device (then recompile or `insmod loop.o'), or\n"
+		    "       about the loop device (then recompile or `modprobe loop'), or\n"
 		    "       maybe /dev/loop# has the wrong major number?");
 
 	} else
-- 
1.8.2




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