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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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 03:46:03PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > 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? :-) > According to hier(7), it's now called /boot/modules. Cheers, -- 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+ZL/vUkv4P6juNwoRAgWJAJ468XZ7DDIQjhW2hxr9fFKeTyqzaQCffnzL w86MtZT/Af1JJ4hc2+HGhx8= =7Lnk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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