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Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, linimon@lonesome.com, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject: Re: How to get a list of all kernel modules
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Edwin Groothuis wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 09:18:55AM +0200, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
>> M. Warner Losh wrote:
>>> In message: <20070617065457.GB30965@soaustin.net>
>>>             linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) writes:
>>> : On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:42:01AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
>>> : > I'd kinda hoped there was a pseudo category that I could key off of.
>>> : 
>>> : Kinda sounds like there should be.
>>>
>>> That would make grepping the info out of INDEX easy
>> I'm with Mark here, there definitely should be one.
>>
>> I think it would be best to create it and send a HEADS UP to ports@ or to all
>> maintainers.
> 
> If you decide on a name for the category, I'll send-pr it and ask
> the maintainer of portlint to incoperate a check for it.
> 
> Edwin

The way I understand the Porter's Handbook virtual categories are introduced
simply by using them in a port. So the only work that would have to be done is
to inform maintainers and update the Porter's Handbook chapter 5.3.

Apart from that Warner's suggestion of kmod sounds very reasonable to me.