From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 21 12:11:03 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA21666 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 12:11:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oreo.adsu.bellsouth.com (oreo.adsu.bellsouth.com [205.152.173.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA21661 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 12:11:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ck@oreo.adsu.bellsouth.com) Received: (from ck@localhost) by oreo.adsu.bellsouth.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA76705; Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:10:44 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ck) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:10:44 -0500 From: Christian Kuhtz To: Mike Smith Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: kld meta info (Re: KLD naming) Message-ID: <19990121151044.B5050@oreo.adsu.bellsouth.com> References: <199901211913.LAA10340@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <199901211913.LAA10340@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 11:13:49AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Is there meta information in a .ko file? That way you could do a kldinfo to find out where to go for more info, etc. On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 11:13:49AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > I've thought about this, and I think it would be a very bad idea. > > We want to keep this *simple*. In the case of, eg. OSS, one might > expect: > > dev_oss.ko > oss_yamaha.ko > oss_sb16.ko > ... > > There's no need to add extra crap just to identify the vendor. It > doesn't serve any really useful purpose - we will have metainformation > elsewhere that can be used to link modules comprising a product > together - there's no need to duplicate it in the filename. -- "Logic is a little bird, sitting in a tree; that smells *awful*." -- /usr/bin/fortune [Disclaimer: I speak for myself and my views are my own and not in any way to be construed as the views of BellSouth Corporation. ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message