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Date:      Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:59:16 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <gelderen@mediaport.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: KLD naming
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9901191956591.47597-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <011b01be43a1$323851e0$0d79eb0a@deskfix.local>

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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Might it be a good idea to choose a consistent naming scheme for the
> modules? I'd think so because it would help blind loading at the boot
> prompt. If you choose names it the following format:
> 
> type_name
> saver_warp
> saver_daemon
> 
> the modules of one type will sort together in a directory listing. This is a
> change that will make FreeBSD more user friendly I think.

When I first started writing KLD, I had a vague notion that there would be
a simple directory structure under /modules, e.g.:

	/modules
			pci/
				ncr.ko
				...
			isa/
				if_ed.ko
				...
			...

Including the type in the filename instead might be a better idea though.

--
Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037



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