From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 21 10:00:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA04846 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:00:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from octopus.originative.co.uk (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA04777 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:00:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) From: paul@originative.co.uk Received: by OCTOPUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:59:08 -0000 Message-ID: To: julian@whistle.com, paul@originative.co.uk Cc: mike@smith.net.au, ck@adsu.bellsouth.com, obrien@NUXI.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: KLD naming Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:59:05 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Julian Elischer [mailto:julian@whistle.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 5:39 PM > To: paul@originative.co.uk > Cc: mike@smith.net.au; ck@adsu.bellsouth.com; obrien@NUXI.com; > current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: KLD naming > > Well whistle is giving htis away so we don'tthink it should > be whistle_xxx > any more than the kernel should be UCB/... > It occur to me that eventually every single device driver > will be a KLD > an also a lot of other things besides... > there are going to be a LOT of files in /modules.... Ok, in this case maybe it doesn't apply but in general we should determine what the guidelines for third party module developers should be to avoid namespace clashes. I though a FreeBSD prefix for modules shipped as part of FreeBSD would be useful to list all those modules that are *not* third party supplied when you've got a directory full of the things. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message