Subject: Re: LKM's for some file systems
To: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/27/1995 16:03:37
>I think /lkm would be better, for two reasons:
>
>1) An LKM may be required to mount /usr (e.g., NFS).

I considered this, but I was tryuing to avoid bloating the root
partition more.  And doesn't modload call ld to do the work?  And
isn't ld a dynamically linked program?

>2) LKMs must be installed in single-user mode, unless the INSECURE
>   kernel option is used.

They can be installed anytime before the startup scripts complete,
right?

--Michael

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