Re: Module autounload proposal: opt-in, not opt-out

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

Thomas Klausner wrote:

> To reply to this point - I'm very interested in modules, but it
> doesn't meet a basic requirement for me - easily going back to a
> previous kernel when the new one is broken for some reason - if they
> share the same kernel version, they share the same
> /stand/amd64/9.99.99/modules directory, and if the problem is there,
> I'm stuck.

<snip>

> I think /netbsd/ as a directory including a kernel and modules would
> be a solution. I think christos? proposed it at some point and but it
> never happened.

Christos started on KERNEL_DIR option, but didn't finish it.  I did
some testing and filed several PRs (kern/55928, kern/55929, and
kern/55930), but so far no further work has occurred.


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