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Date:      Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:02:07 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
To:        "David O'Brien" <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:  <20030304150207.GA21373@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net>
References:  <200303032253.h23MrZ4F038178@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030304005242.GA38799@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030304092528.GA76504@sunbay.com> <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net>

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On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 03:46:03PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On (2003/03/04 11:25), Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>=20
> > 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> So, what are you offering in its place? :-)
>=20
According to hier(7), it's now called /boot/modules.


Cheers,
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Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
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