Re: Announce: modutils 2.3.11 is available - the debugger's helper

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 23:19:34 EST


Keith Owens wrote:
>
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 21:33:56 +0200,
> Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >Another consistent approach is to name the /lib/modules tree after the
> >kernel source's drivers/ and net/ trees.
>
> That would work. Define /lib/modules/.../kernel with the same internal
> structure as the kernel. modutils scans all directories under
> /lib/modules/..., kernel first, then any defined path entries then any
> directrory not already scanned.

Sounds ok; this sort of scanning definitely needs to occur, to prevent
the current problem of having an unknown directory get skipped in the
scan. If it exists under /lib/modules/..., modprobe should be able to
find it :)

        Jeff

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