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SubjectRe: modutils, the next generation
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Martin Buck wrote:

> Sorry, no answer to your question, but I've got another question concerning
> modules and their recognition:
> Why do modules use .o as extension? Of course, they're object files, but
> very special ones, so an extension like .mod would make much more sense,
> IMHO. If I remeber correctly, the old insmod/depmod/modprobe (never looked
> at TNG) even checked for .mod in some places, but it didn't work because
> the check for .mod was missing at some other places.

I'd say .mod is not a good extension to use - it's already used by a music
file format. But, if we want to give loadable modules their own extension,
how about .m or .k or maybe .km ?? Just food for thought.

Derrik Pates
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