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On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 01:18:22PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> Why are the kernel modules located in /usr? Why does KMODDIR default to=
=20
> /usr/lkm?
>=20
> It seems like /lkm would be better.
>=20
> Is it a disk space issue?

More like general brokenness of our LKM subsystem.

> It may be useful to use /lkm in the event that kernel modules are needed=
=20
> before /usr is (or can be) mounted.

And that would be logical, after all, modload itself lives in /sbin.

But there's a catch.

I'm almost too ashamed to say that.

=2E..

=2E..

<small><small><small>modload invokes ld</small></small></small>

OTOH, I know a develociraptor that knows someone who's working on an
in-kernel linker...  I hope to have news about that someday :)

--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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