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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:25:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.org, audit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: new kldpath(8): display/modify the module search path
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010615122501.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010615150639.D94445@ringworld.oblivion.bg>

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On 15-Jun-01 Peter Pentchev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Attached is a shar of a new kld-family utility, which parses and modifies
> the kern.module_path sysctl in a script-friendly way.  It might be useful
> in startup/shutdown scripts for programs using more than one module,
> or just to allow startup scripts to specify additional module directories
> (e.g. /usr/local/libexec/modules, or /usr/local/lib/au88x0).

[ snip ]

To me, it seems more sensible to use the same interface that ldconfig uses.
I.e., kldpath /foo sets the entire path to /foo, and kldpath -m adds to the
path, kldpath -r displays the current path, etc.  That is just my opinion,
however.  I'll admit that ldconfig's interface is not always the most
intuitive, but I think consistency between the two would be good.

Also, I would leave -q on by default, and instead use a -v to turn on
verbose mode.

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