Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-12 Thread Oliver Xymoron
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Simon Huggins wrote: > On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 01:41:45AM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote: > > > > This is similar to my patch-names patch, which lets you add components > > > > to uname too. IIRC, it was rejected because it made things easier. > > > Erm? Not really. Not

Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-12 Thread Simon Huggins
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 01:41:45AM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote: > > > This is similar to my patch-names patch, which lets you add components > > > to uname too. IIRC, it was rejected because it made things easier. > > Erm? Not really. Not unless you want > >

Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-12 Thread Oliver Xymoron
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Simon Huggins wrote: > On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 11:59:41AM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote: > > This is similar to my patch-names patch, which lets you add components > > to uname too. IIRC, it was rejected because it made things easier. > > Erm? Not really. Not unless you

Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-12 Thread Simon Huggins
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 11:59:41AM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote: > This is similar to my patch-names patch, which lets you add components > to uname too. IIRC, it was rejected because it made things easier. Erm? Not really. Not unless you want

Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-12 Thread Simon Huggins
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 05:18:51PM +0200, Daniel Phillips wrote: > Simon Huggins wrote: [about modutils and complaints that people don't read Documentation/Changes] > > Why not make it easy on people and have a log something like: > > 2.4.0-testX-preY > > Requires modutils-x.y.z otherwise

Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-12 Thread Simon Huggins
On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 01:41:45AM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote: This is similar to my patch-names patch, which lets you add components to uname too. IIRC, it was rejected because it made things easier. Erm? Not really. Not unless you want

Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-12 Thread Oliver Xymoron
On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Simon Huggins wrote: On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 01:41:45AM -0500, Oliver Xymoron wrote: This is similar to my patch-names patch, which lets you add components to uname too. IIRC, it was rejected because it made things easier. Erm? Not really. Not unless you want

Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-09 Thread Oliver Xymoron
On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Daniel Phillips wrote: > Simon Huggins wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 08:46:56AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > > ... and a few more times recent weeks ... > > > > > > > > Why don't you look in linux/Documentation/Changes? That file exist > > > precisely to stop repeated

Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-09 Thread Daniel Phillips
Simon Huggins wrote: > On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 08:46:56AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > ... and a few more times recent weeks ... > > > > > Why don't you look in linux/Documentation/Changes? That file exist > > precisely to stop repeated questions like this on the linux kernel > > developers

[RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-09 Thread Simon Huggins
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 08:46:56AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: ... and a few more times recent weeks ... > > Why don't you look in linux/Documentation/Changes? That file exist > precisely to stop repeated questions like this on the linux kernel > developers list. > Because the file just lists

[RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-09 Thread Simon Huggins
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 08:46:56AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: ... and a few more times recent weeks ... rant Why don't you look in linux/Documentation/Changes? That file exist precisely to stop repeated questions like this on the linux kernel developers list. /rant Because the file just

Re: [RFC] Changes file [was Re: modules directory]

2000-09-09 Thread Oliver Xymoron
On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Daniel Phillips wrote: Simon Huggins wrote: On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 08:46:56AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: ... and a few more times recent weeks ... rant Why don't you look in linux/Documentation/Changes? That file exist precisely to stop repeated questions

Re: modules directory

2000-09-06 Thread Keith Owens
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:07:13 -0400 (EDT), "Richard B. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ahaa! Aye... Does this imply that there will, in the future, be >other than '/kernel/drivers' as modules? Or is this (I fear) another >change that; "Doesn't have to be better, only different..."

Re: modules directory

2000-09-06 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Keith Owens wrote: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 15:09:02 -0400 (EDT), > Andrew Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Just installed linux-2.4.0-test7, but I noticed that the modules get > >installed > > > > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/... > > > >which is different from

Re: modules directory

2000-09-06 Thread Keith Owens
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 15:09:02 -0400 (EDT), Andrew Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Just installed linux-2.4.0-test7, but I noticed that the modules get >installed > > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/... > >which is different from previous kernels. Do I need to modify modules >path in

Re: modules directory

2000-09-06 Thread Mohammad A . Haque
Just make sure you have the latest modutils. On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 03:09:02PM -0400, Andrew Park wrote: > Hi, > > Just installed linux-2.4.0-test7, but I noticed that the modules get > installed > > /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/... > > which is different from previous

modules directory

2000-09-06 Thread Andrew Park
Hi, Just installed linux-2.4.0-test7, but I noticed that the modules get installed /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/... which is different from previous kernels. Do I need to modify modules path in conf.modules in order that the modules can be found during boot? or is there an

modules directory

2000-09-06 Thread Andrew Park
Hi, Just installed linux-2.4.0-test7, but I noticed that the modules get installed /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/... which is different from previous kernels. Do I need to modify modules path in conf.modules in order that the modules can be found during boot? or is there an

Re: modules directory

2000-09-06 Thread Mohammad A . Haque
Just make sure you have the latest modutils. On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 03:09:02PM -0400, Andrew Park wrote: Hi, Just installed linux-2.4.0-test7, but I noticed that the modules get installed /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/... which is different from previous kernels. Do I

Re: modules directory

2000-09-06 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Keith Owens wrote: On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 15:09:02 -0400 (EDT), Andrew Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just installed linux-2.4.0-test7, but I noticed that the modules get installed /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/... which is different from previous kernels.

Re: modules directory

2000-09-06 Thread Keith Owens
On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:07:13 -0400 (EDT), "Richard B. Johnson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahaa! Aye... Does this imply that there will, in the future, be other than '/kernel/drivers' as modules? Or is this (I fear) another change that; "Doesn't have to be better, only different..."