willy@thepuffingroup.com writes:
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 11:00:26AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > >>>>> "Keith" == Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> writes:
> > > * Add ieee1394 directory, requested by Andreas Bombe.
> >
> > I know this has been mentioned before, but I'd like to reiterate
> > my request for a way to just look in *every* subdirectory.
> > I does not have to be the default, but it should be at least possible
> > to get this behavior with some /etc/modules.conf editing.
>
> I'm not entirely sure why the modules are segregated into separate
> directories anyway. The namespace collision already happens at
> build time (when they're all symlinked into /usr/src/linux/modules)
> and modprobe is invoked (by me anyway) with just the name of the
> module, so why pretend it's not a flat namespace? Eschew
> obfuscation.
Because a flat directory is harder to view for the human. When I ask
myself "do I have the ne2k-pci module", it's obvious to just look in
the "net" directory. The subdirectories are a natural categorisation
that makes life easier. It's not about pretending there is a
hierarchical namespace.
However, I would prefer it if modutils just automatically included all
subdirectories. It's been pretty annoying to have to configure in the
"atm" and later "ide" directories.
Regards,
Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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