From owner-cvs-src Tue Mar 4 7: 2: 7 2003 Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E884A37B401; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:02:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A11A843F93; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:02:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.8/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h24F23A7019428; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 08:02:03 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:58:07 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20030304.075807.01122962.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 From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net> References: <20030304005242.GA38799@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030304092528.GA76504@sunbay.com> <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.2 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message: <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net> Sheldon Hearn 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-src" in the body of the message