From owner-cvs-src Tue Mar 4 7: 2:20 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 A795537B405 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:02:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (whale.sunbay.crimea.ua [212.110.138.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C6F643FCB for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:02:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ru@whale.sunbay.crimea.ua) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (root@localhost) by whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6/Sunbay) with SMTP id h24F28bF021898 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:02:08 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ru@whale.sunbay.crimea.ua) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (ru@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6/Sunbay) with ESMTP id h24F28HR021876 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:02:08 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ru@whale.sunbay.crimea.ua) Received: (from ru@localhost) by whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h24F27lx021871; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:02:07 +0200 (EET) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:02:07 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: "David O'Brien" , 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> References: <200303032253.h23MrZ4F038178@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030304005242.GA38799@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030304092528.GA76504@sunbay.com> <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+ZL/vUkv4P6juNwoRAgWJAJ468XZ7DDIQjhW2hxr9fFKeTyqzaQCffnzL w86MtZT/Af1JJ4hc2+HGhx8= =7Lnk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-src" in the body of the message