What does "call AutoProbe" do in kernel module packages?

m95d · November 13, 2022, 12:02pm

I'm looking at packages/kernel/linux/modules/*.mk files.
Sometimes I see:
AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoProbe ...
other times I see:
AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoLoad ...

What is the difference between these two? What do they do?
Please document this!

Thanks.

ValdikSS · February 4, 2023, 10:32pm

github.com

openwrt/openwrt/blob/b5193291bdde00e91c58e59029d5c68b0bc605db/include/kernel.mk#L270-L283


      
          version_filter=$(if $(findstring @,$(1)),$(shell $(SCRIPT_DIR)/package-metadata.pl version_filter $(KERNEL_PATCHVER) $(1)),$(1))
          
          
# 1: priority (optional)
          # 2: module list
          # 3: boot flag
          define AutoLoad
            $(if $(1),$(1),0) $(if $(3),1,0) $(call version_filter,$(2))
          endef
          
          
# 1: module list
          # 2: boot flag
          define AutoProbe
            $(call AutoLoad,,$(1),$(2))
          endef

system · February 14, 2023, 10:32pm

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