On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:41:07 -0800 "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do we have a standard for where .ko modules should be installed? > > I've found the sysutils/pmap port to be pretty cool - I almost think we > should bring it into the base system. > Anyway, it installs into /boot/kernel (unless MODULES_WITH_WORLD is > defined), which to me is just wrong. What if I've named mine /boot/foo? > Its perfectly reasonable. /boot/<KERNEL> is for a kernel build. > > Looking around it seems most (all other?) ports install into > /boot/modules. I really don't like the inconsistency - if I have to > reinstall all my Ports .ko's after installing a new kernel than so be it. > But it should be the case for all - not making it so I have to remember > to do it for only one or two. > > Not being sure what the vast majority of Ports maintainers/developers use, > I wanted to check if /boot/modules was our de-facto standard or something > else. > It seems that three ports use %D/modules and ten explicitly use /boot/modules in pkg-plist. I didn't look at Makefiles or shell scripts. I personally think that only ports (like nvidia-driver) which need to be loaded from loader.conf should be in /boot/modules. --- Gary Jennejohn _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"