The '-k none' switch prevents mkinitcpio from adding modules to the
image and keeps it from bailing out when it cannot find any.
---
functions | 6 +++++-
install/autodetect | 2 ++
man/mkinitcpio.8.txt | 3 ++-
mkinitcpio | 2 +-
4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 9a29a17..2b89c88 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ add_module() {
local module= path= deps= field= value= firmware=()
local ign_errors=0
+ [[ $KERNELVERSION == none ]] && return 0
+
if [[ $1 = *\? ]]; then
ign_errors=1
set -- "${1%?}"
@@ -661,7 +663,7 @@ initialize_buildroot() {
printf '%s' "$version" >"$buildroot/VERSION"
# kernel module dir
- install -dm755 "$buildroot/usr/lib/modules/$kernver/kernel"
+ [[ $kernver != none ]] && install -dm755 "$buildroot/usr/lib/modules/$kernver/kernel"
# mount tables
ln -s /proc/self/mounts "$buildroot/etc/mtab"
@@ -738,6 +740,8 @@ install_modules() {
local m moduledest=$BUILDROOT/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION
local -a xz_comp gz_comp
+ [[ $KERNELVERSION == none ]] && return 0
+
if (( $# == 0 )); then
warning "No modules were added to the image. This is probably not what you want."
return 0
diff --git a/install/autodetect b/install/autodetect
index 37af3be..c98db73 100644
--- a/install/autodetect
+++ b/install/autodetect
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ build() {
local m=
local -a md_devs mods
+ [[ $KERNELVERSION == none ]] && return 0
+
add_if_avail() {
local r= resolved=()
diff --git a/man/mkinitcpio.8.txt b/man/mkinitcpio.8.txt
index 5edf66c..3b28ee7 100644
--- a/man/mkinitcpio.8.txt
+++ b/man/mkinitcpio.8.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ Options
*-k, \--kernel* 'kernelversion'::
Use 'kernelversion', instead of the current running kernel. This may be a
- path to a kernel image or a specific kernel version.
+ path to a kernel image, a specific kernel version or the special keyword
+ 'none'. In the latter case, no kernel modules are added to the image.
*-L, \--listhooks*::
List all available hooks.
diff --git a/mkinitcpio b/mkinitcpio
index e927884..2ec44ed 100755
--- a/mkinitcpio
+++ b/mkinitcpio
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ fi
KERNELVERSION=$(resolve_kernver "$_optkver") || cleanup 1
_d_kmoduledir=$_optmoduleroot/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION
-[[ -d $_d_kmoduledir ]] || die "'$_d_kmoduledir' is not a valid kernel module directory"
+[[ $KERNELVERSION == none || -d $_d_kmoduledir ]] || die "'$_d_kmoduledir' is not a valid kernel module directory"
_d_workdir=$(initialize_buildroot "$KERNELVERSION" $_opttargetdir) || cleanup 1
BUILDROOT=${_opttargetdir:-$_d_workdir/root}
--
1.8.4.2