Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 17:32:06 -0300 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_linker.c src/sys/boot/common help.common loader.8 module.c Message-ID: <3E67B046.3040003@tcoip.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net> References: <200303032253.h23MrZ4F038178@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030304005242.GA38799@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030304092528.GA76504@sunbay.com> <20030304134603.GL48337@starjuice.net>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On (2003/03/04 11:25), Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>
>
>>As I said (and many others have mentioned), having /modules
>>by default can only cause a panic -- 4.x modules would kill
>>5.0. Those who want it, can easily edit /boot/loader.conf.
>
>
> 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? :-)
Mmmmm, /boot/modules works for as long as the original change to
/boot/kernel was made.
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