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kbuild: doc: Update default INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates
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The default INSTALL_MOD_DIR was changed from 'extra' to
'updates' in commit b74d7bb ("kbuild: Modify default
INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates").

This commit updates the documentation to align with the
latest kernel.

Fixes: b74d7bb ("kbuild: Modify default INSTALL_MOD_DIR from extra to updates")
Signed-off-by: Mark-PK Tsai <mark-pk.tsai@mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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PeikanTsai authored and masahir0y committed Jun 25, 2024
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modules_install
Install the external module(s). The default location is
/lib/modules/<kernel_release>/extra/, but a prefix may
/lib/modules/<kernel_release>/updates/, but a prefix may
be added with INSTALL_MOD_PATH (discussed in section 5).

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And external modules are installed in:

/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/
/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/

5.1 INSTALL_MOD_PATH
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-------------------

External modules are by default installed to a directory under
/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/extra/, but you may wish to
/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)/updates/, but you may wish to
locate modules for a specific functionality in a separate
directory. For this purpose, use INSTALL_MOD_DIR to specify an
alternative name to "extra."::
alternative name to "updates."::

$ make INSTALL_MOD_DIR=gandalf -C $KDIR \
M=$PWD modules_install
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