On 19.12.2010 09:51, Keegan McAllister wrote: > This patch series implements several new features for modprobe and depmod. > > modprobe gains a 'moduledir' config option, which can be used to override the > default path /lib/modules. > > depmod gains the ability to maintain dependency information for several > independent kernel module trees, with a separate config file for each. > > Automated tests are included. The new features are documented in the > respective manpages. > > These features will be useful in simplifying the installation and packaging of > Ksplice Uptrack. They may also be of more general interest.
Can you expand on the ksplice use case a bit? Making hardcoded strings configurable is certainly useful, but the "alternatives" feature looks like it could be easily implemented with a script. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-modules" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
