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+# Copyright (C) 2012 Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+# Released under the MIT license (see COPYING.MIT for the terms)
+
+require kmod.inc
+
+DEPENDS += "zlib"
+PROVIDES += "module-init-tools-insmod-static module-init-tools-depmod module-init-tools"
+RPROVIDES_${PN} += "module-init-tools-insmod-static module-init-tools-depmod module-init-tools"
+RCONFLICTS_${PN} += "module-init-tools-insmod-static module-init-tools-depmod module-init-tools"
+RREPLACES_${PN} += "module-init-tools-insmod-static module-init-tools-depmod module-init-tools"
+
+# to force user to remove old module-init-tools and replace them with kmod variants
+RCONFLICTS_libkmod2 += "module-init-tools-insmod-static module-init-tools-depmod module-init-tools"
+
+# autotools set prefix to /usr, however we want them in /bin and /sbin
+bindir = "${base_bindir}"
+sbindir = "${base_sbindir}"
+# libdir = "${base_libdir}"
+
+do_install_append () {
+        install -dm755 ${D}${base_bindir}
+        install -dm755 ${D}${base_sbindir}
+        # add symlinks to kmod
+        ln -s ..${base_bindir}/kmod ${D}${base_bindir}/lsmod
+        for tool in insmod rmmod depmod modinfo modprobe; do
+                ln -s ..${base_bindir}/kmod ${D}${base_sbindir}/${tool}
+        done
+        # configuration directories
+        install -dm755 ${D}${base_libdir}/depmod.d
+        install -dm755 ${D}${base_libdir}/modprobe.d
+        install -dm755 ${D}${sysconfdir}/depmod.d
+        install -dm755 ${D}${sysconfdir}/modprobe.d
+
+        # install depmod.d file for search/ dir
+        install -Dm644 "${WORKDIR}/depmod-search.conf" "${D}${base_libdir}/depmod.d/search.conf"
+}
+
+do_compile_prepend() {
+            sed -i 's/ac_pwd=/#ac_pwd=/' config.status ; sed -i "/#ac_pwd=/a\ac_pwd='.'" config.status
+}
+
+inherit update-alternatives
+
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "60"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_kmod = "insmod modprobe rmmod modinfo bin-lsmod lsmod depmod"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[insmod] = "${base_sbindir}/insmod"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[modprobe] = "${base_sbindir}/modprobe"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[rmmod] = "${base_sbindir}/rmmod"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[modinfo] = "${base_sbindir}/modinfo"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[bin-lsmod] = "${base_bindir}/lsmod"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[lsmod] = "${base_sbindir}/lsmod"
+ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[lsmod] = "${base_bindir}/lsmod.${BPN}"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[depmod] = "${base_sbindir}/depmod"
+
+PACKAGES =+ "libkmod ${PN}-bash-completion"
+
+FILES_libkmod = "${base_libdir}/libkmod*${SOLIBS} ${libdir}/libkmod*${SOLIBS}"
+FILES_${PN} += "${base_libdir}/depmod.d ${base_libdir}/modprobe.d"
+FILES_${PN}-bash-completion = "${datadir}/bash-completion"