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Date:      Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:38:52 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, bmah@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_linker.c src/sys/boot/common help.common loader.8 module.c
Message-ID:  <20030305073852.GC60356@starjuice.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030304150207.GA21373@sunbay.com>
References:  <200303032253.h23MrZ4F038178@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030304005242.GA38799@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030304092528.GA76504@sunbay.com> <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net> <20030304150207.GA21373@sunbay.com>

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On (2003/03/04 17:02), Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> > 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.

Thanks, Ruslan.  That addresses my concerns.  I really appreciate your
ability to answer a question like that without getting defensive.

Bruce, do you have a moment to update the release notes section "2.1.2
Bootloader Changes" to reflect that

a) 3rd party modules should be placed in /boot/modules/, and

b) such modules designed for use with previous releases of FreeBSD are
   likely to panic and should be used with extreme caution.

?

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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