[pi 2] No modules added to kernel image

[jabranham]

Hello -

Let me preface this by saying I know *very* little about how the kernel works.

When I ran `pacman -Syu` today, the kernel upgraded. During the post-transaction hooks, I received this message:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '==> WARNING: No modules were added to the image. This is probably not what you want.')

Is this something I should worry about? I've got a pretty basic setup on the pi; I haven't compiles my own kernel or anything.

Thanks!

Full output of pacman -Syu (note that this warning originally appeared when updating to 4.9.13-1 but I waited a day to see if the -2 would fix the problem).

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 215.1 KiB 448K/s 00:00 [#############################################################################] 100%
extra 2.3 MiB 2.20M/s 00:01 [#############################################################################] 100%
community 4.1 MiB 5.97M/s 00:01 [#############################################################################] 100%
alarm 111.9 KiB 10.9M/s 00:00 [#############################################################################] 100%
aur is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (4) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size

core/linux-raspberrypi 4.9.13-1 4.9.13-2 0.00 MiB 25.12 MiB
alarm/raspberrypi-bootloader 20170227-1 20170301-1 0.03 MiB 2.74 MiB
alarm/raspberrypi-bootloader-x 20170227-1 20170301-1 0.01 MiB 1.72 MiB
alarm/raspberrypi-firmware 20170227-1 20170301-1 0.01 MiB 1.39 MiB

Total Download Size: 30.97 MiB
Total Installed Size: 48.41 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.05 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
linux-raspberrypi-4.9.13-2-armv7h 25.1 MiB 4.77M/s 00:05 [#############################################################################] 100%
raspberrypi-bootloader-20170301-1-any 2.7 MiB 1881K/s 00:01 [#############################################################################] 100%
raspberrypi-bootloader-x-20170301-1-any 1761.4 KiB 4.53M/s 00:00 [#############################################################################] 100%
raspberrypi-firmware-20170301-1-any 1427.5 KiB 4.98M/s 00:00 [#############################################################################] 100%
(4/4) checking keys in keyring [#############################################################################] 100%
(4/4) checking package integrity [#############################################################################] 100%
(4/4) loading package files [#############################################################################] 100%
(4/4) checking for file conflicts [#############################################################################] 100%
(4/4) checking available disk space [#############################################################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/4) upgrading linux-raspberrypi [#############################################################################] 100%
>>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
(2/4) upgrading raspberrypi-bootloader [#############################################################################] 100%
(3/4) upgrading raspberrypi-bootloader-x [#############################################################################] 100%
(4/4) upgrading raspberrypi-firmware [#############################################################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/4) Updating linux-raspberrypi initcpios
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-raspberrypi.preset: 'default'
-> -k 4.9.13-2-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: 4.9.13-2-ARCH
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> WARNING: No modules were added to the image. This is probably not what you want.
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Image generation successful
(2/4) Removing old installed packages

==> finished: 4 packages removed (disk space saved: 30.9 MiB)
(3/4) Removing cached versions of uninstalled packages
==> no candidate packages found for pruning
(4/4) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
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[WarheadsSE]

That's probably misleading, as OOBE there may be no modules needed by the initramfs

[jmmec]

I have a fresh installation, and did a system upgrade last night to the 4.9.13-1 kernel, and just did another upgrade and picked up 4.9.13-2 that OP also picked up.

This post in another thread indicates that all is OK:

https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=11349&start=10#p54815

[pejobo]

I also deleted the initramfs-linux.img in /boot and removed the config.txt entry for it - with it my pi didn't boot.