From owner-cvs-src Tue Mar 4 23:38:59 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 4B3D337B401; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 23:38:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3510F43FAF; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 23:38:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@starjuice.net) Received: from sheldonh by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local (Exim 4.12) id 18qTUK-000Fk2-00; Wed, 05 Mar 2003 09:38:52 +0200 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:38:52 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, bmah@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_linker.c src/sys/boot/common help.common loader.8 module.c Message-ID: <20030305073852.GC60356@starjuice.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ruslan Ermilov , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, bmah@FreeBSD.org References: <200303032253.h23MrZ4F038178@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030304005242.GA38799@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030304092528.GA76504@sunbay.com> <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net> <20030304150207.GA21373@sunbay.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030304150207.GA21373@sunbay.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i 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 On (2003/03/04 17:02), Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > 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? :-) > > > According to hier(7), it's now called /boot/modules. Thanks, Ruslan. That addresses my concerns. I really appreciate your ability to answer a question like that without getting defensive. Bruce, do you have a moment to update the release notes section "2.1.2 Bootloader Changes" to reflect that a) 3rd party modules should be placed in /boot/modules/, and b) such modules designed for use with previous releases of FreeBSD are likely to panic and should be used with extreme caution. ? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-src" in the body of the message