modprobe: remove some redundant softdep code

If we can't find a module, we don't need to check for a softdep.

The initial softdep design allowed you to define "fake" modules, in the
same way as with install commands.  But we decided this had only bad
effects, so the feature was removed.

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/modprobe.c b/modprobe.c
index 6f2a532..b4424ed 100644
--- a/modprobe.c
+++ b/modprobe.c
@@ -1532,19 +1532,11 @@ static int handle_module(const char *modname,
 			  modprobe_flags_t flags)
 {
 	if (list_empty(todo_list)) {
-		const struct module_softdep *softdep;
 		const char *command;
 
 		/* The dependencies have to be real modules, but
 		   handle case where the first is completely bogus. */
 
-		softdep = find_softdep(modname, conf->softdeps);
-		if (softdep && !(flags & mit_ignore_commands)) {
-			do_softdep(softdep, cmdline_opts, conf, dirname,
-				   error, flags & (mit_remove | mit_dry_run));
-			return 0;
-		}
-
 		command = find_command(modname, conf->commands);
 		if (command && !(flags & mit_ignore_commands)) {
 			do_command(modname, command, flags & mit_dry_run, error,