Re: Path to kmods

[Antti Kantee <pooka%cs.hut.fi@localhost>]

On Thu Nov 13 2008 at 08:50:33 +0000, Andrew Doran wrote:
> > > Solaris:                  /kernel,
> > > Linux (OpenSuSE 10.2 here):       /lib/modules/$(uname -r)
> > 
> > I like the Linux naming.  Before your post, I was planning to suggest
> > /modules, but thought the name is too generic.
> 
> We may also want blobs or configuration files or whatever, which is why
> modules is a subdirectory currently.

ic.  I change my uneducation opinion to support the /netbsd/ proposals.

> > Rationale: most of the code in the kernel is not really "kernel" code.
> > Eventually I want to modload kernel modules in userspace programs.
> 
> While I think that is interesting it is a bit peripheral.

It's no biggie.  But if there's no downside, I like sending the message
"module x is a part of NetBSD" instead of "module x is a part of the
kernel".