Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:58:07 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: sheldonh@starjuice.net Cc: ru@FreeBSD.org, obrien@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_linker.c src/sys/boot/common help.common loader.8 module.c Message-ID: <20030304.075807.01122962.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net> References: <20030304005242.GA38799@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030304092528.GA76504@sunbay.com> <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net>
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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> writes:
: On (2003/03/04 11:25), Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
:
: > As I said (and many others have mentioned), having /modules
: > by default can only cause a panic -- 4.x modules would kill
: > 5.0. Those who want it, can easily edit /boot/loader.conf.
:
: I thought the whole point of continuing to load modules from /modules in
: 5.x was to give host adminsitrators a sensible place to put 3rd party
: modules, so that they wouldn't be blown away by the installkernel and
: reinstallkernel targets.
:
: I understand why you want /modules to go away, but the onus is on you to
: replace it with something, because it had a purpose.
:
: So, what are you offering in its place? :-)
That's my recollection of the issues as well.
Warner
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