Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:55:37 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, arch@FreeBSD.org, audit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: new kldpath(8): display/modify the module search path Message-ID: <200106151955.f5FJtbT01171@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:25:01 PDT." <XFMail.010615122501.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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> >
> > 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.
I'd second all this, and go one further; it should be called kldconfig.
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