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Date:      Thu, 8 Jan 1998 19:27:10 -0500 (EST)
From:      Matt Behrens <matt@megaweapon.zigg.com>
To:        Francis Vidal <francis@cody.usls.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 2.2-STABLE kernel
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980108192617.2845A-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980108081318.356A-100000@cody.usls.edu>

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On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Francis Vidal wrote:

> i CVSUPed a fresh copy of src-sys with the tag RELENG_2_2 (i erased my
> /usr/src/sys)  and found out that it made 2 directories in /usr/src. it
> created 'lkm' and 'sys' (of course, because i deleted it). what's the
> 'lkm' directory for?

lkm's are loadable kernel modules.  A typical example is the "linux" lkm
that can be loaded at boot time depending on what's in rc.conf.

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