Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 15 Jan 1997 13:30:24 -0500 | From | "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <> | Subject | Re: modutils, the next generation |
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 11:11 MET From: Martin Buck <Martin-2.Buck@student.uni-ulm.de>
Yes, but wouldn't it be nice to see whether an object file actually is a kernel module before you try to insmod it? Of course, you could use nm and look for the required symbols, but making it obvious from the filename looks like a good idea to me. Please note that I'm not talking about sanity checks insmod has to do; all I want is to make it easier for the user to distinguish between normal object files and objects files that can be loaded into a kernel.
Right now kernel modules are in well-defined places in the filesystem. (/lib/modules, etc.) So while I see your point, I'm not sure how much different it really makes in the actual practice.
- Ted
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