modinfo: ERROR: could not get modinfo from 'da903x': No such file or directory

[You-Sheng Yang]

Error messages printed whenever trying to update initramfs for 5.6 kernels:

$ sudo update-initramfs -u -k 5.6.0-1008-oem
  -> mkinitramfs -v -o a.new 5.6.0-1008-oem
     -> modinfo -k 5.6.0-1008-oem -F firmware da903x

https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/focal/commit/?id=b66512b91a5918b01d4cc46ec85d829fb957e989 "UBUNTU: [Packaging] Include modules.builtin.modinfo in linux-modules" is not included in 5.6 tree.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-5.4.0-24-generic 5.4.0-24.28
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-24.28-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: vicamo 1465 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: vicamo 1465 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Fri Apr 17 19:25:38 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-28 (201 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190923)
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro11,1
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-24-generic root=UUID=38c16714-8883-4c88-baae-df71ffa89972 ro rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash crashkernel=512M-:192M vt.handoff=7
PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-24-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-24-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.187
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/13/2019
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 156.0.0.0.0
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookPro11,1
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-189A3D4F975D5FFC
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvr156.0.0.0.0:bd06/13/2019:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro11,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-189A3D4F975D5FFC:rvrMacBookPro11,1:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-189A3D4F975D5FFC:
dmi.product.family: Mac
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro11,1
dmi.product.sku: System SKU#
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

[You-Sheng Yang (vicamo)]

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2020-April/109066.html

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

added to git

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

I have this message installing kernel 5.8 from kernel-ppa mainline
corrado@corrado-n4-gorilla-x:~/Downloads$ inxi -SCx
System: Host: corrado-n4-gorilla-x Kernel: 5.8.0-050800-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: GNOME 3.36.3
           Distro: Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-1035G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake rev: 5 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19046
           Speed: 654 MHz min/max: 400/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3070 2: 2935 3: 1764 4: 2505 5: 3600 6: 3066 7: 3262
           8: 3445
corrado@corrado-n4-gorilla-x:~/Downloads$