Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:45:36 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to get a list of all kernel modules Message-ID: <20070630004536.GE1558@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <20070625222609.GD1558@k7.mavetju> References: <20070617.011324.406004472.imp@bsdimp.com> <4674E05F.4060705@gmx.de> <20070617072945.GE1325@k7.mavetju> <20070617.013640.-131645657.imp@bsdimp.com> <20070618003329.GF1325@k7.mavetju> <20070625222609.GD1558@k7.mavetju>
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 08:26:09AM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 10:33:29AM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 01:36:40AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > > In message: <20070617072945.GE1325@k7.mavetju> > > > Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> writes: > > > : 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. > > > > > > 'kmod' would be my first choice. But I don't care as long as I know > > > what it is. > > > > ports/113802: [patch] add virtual category: kmod > > And TPTB have decided to call it: kld. Currently being tested by Pav Portmgr works in quiet ways: Last thursday they commited the code to bsd.port.mk, and linimon@ updated a lot of the ports with the additional category. I will see if I can make an entry in the Porters Handbook for it, and then make an USE_KLD flag which installs the module and runs kldxref etc. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/
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