Re: [PATCH] 2.2: /proc/config.gz

From: Chris Ricker (chris.ricker@genetics.utah.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 30 2000 - 21:19:04 EST

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On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Keith Owens wrote:

> Before Rusty tells me that not everybody uses modules,
> /lib/modules/<version> can exist even if the kernel has no modules, it
> just needs a simple Makefile change. Think of /lib/modules/<version>
> as a standard place to store information about kernel <version>.

I like the idea of a standardized repository in /lib matching the kernel.
But if it's going to do more than modules, why not rename it something more
appropriate, like /lib/kernel/<version> or /lib/linux/<version> or even
(less preferably) /lib/<version>?

later,
chris

-- Chris Ricker kaboom@gatech.edu chris.ricker@genetics.utah.edu

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