Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Persistent module storage - modutils design | Date | Tue, 07 Nov 2000 10:30:39 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> said:
[Yes, I know this is bad taste...]
> Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> said: > > [...] > > > I have not decided where to save the persistent module parameters. It > > could be under /lib/modules/<version>/persist or it could be under > > /var/log or /var/run. I am tending towards /var/run/module_persist, in > > any case it will be a modules.conf parameter. > > /var/lib/persist/<version>/<wherever-the-module-is-in-/lib/modules/<version>/> > > or some such. It has to match the kernel version somewhere (in case module > interfaces change), and it also should mirror the tree under > /lib/modules/<version> if for no other reason that there might show up > several modules named <foo>.
Note! This _has_ to be in the / filesystem so it works before mounting the rest of the stuff (if ever). This would rule out /var, and leave just /lib/modules/<version>. Makes me quite unhappy... -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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