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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, 10 Jan 2013, Ryan Stone wrote:

> As I recall, a make installkernel will first mv /boot/kernel /boot/kernel.old
> 
> Should ports put modules in /boot/modules to avoid this kind of thing?

I thought so, but the Porter's Handbook doesn't say anything about it. 
multimedia/cuse4bsd-kmod installs a module there.