Re: CVS commit: src

[jnemeth%victoria.tc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth)]

On Nov 23,  1:21am, Pierre Pronchery wrote:
} Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
} On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 01:19:06 +0000, John Nemeth wrote:
} 
} > Module Name:        src Committed By:       jnemeth Date:           Tue Aug 
 
} 7 01:19:06 UTC
} > 2012
} > 
} > Modified Files:
} >     src/doc: CHANGES src/lib/libc/sys: modctl.2 src/sbin/modstat: 
} main.c
} >     modstat.8 src/sys/kern: sys_module.c src/sys/sys: module.h
} > 
} > Log Message:
} >      Add -A, -a, and -e options to modstat(8) along with kernel
} > changes required to support these options.  The -e option was requested
} > by martin@ in private chat in order to make writing tests easier (i.e.
} > don't bother testing MODULAR functionaility if it doesn't exist).  While
} > there, I added -A and -a since those were quite similar. [...]
} > 
} >      -e      Tells you whether or not you may load a module at the
} >      moment.
} 
} Wouldn't it make more sense to use -d/-e to disable/enable the 
} possibility to load modules, and use a different letter for this check?

     No.  modstat has nothing to do with controlling the possibility to
load modules.

}-- End of excerpt from Pierre Pronchery