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Re: Path to kmods



On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 01:09:15PM -0500, matthew sporleder wrote:
> > To switch to a new "kernel", I'd have /netbsd either as simple directory or
> > as symlink to something that has my own naming scheme, just as now.
> > The choice of the naming scheme would be left to the user, and we could
> > assume to be the "kernel"(-stuff) still be in /netbsd.
> >
> 
> This is the best and most flexible idea so far.  It fits the
> simplicity of /kernel/genunix in without resorting to something like
> /platform/x/y/z.

But it doesn't work if we boot something else than /netbsd. Remember we can
give a kernel path to the bootloader (it even has menu which can do it now :)

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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