On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Might it be a good idea to choose a consistent naming scheme for the
> modules? I'd think so because it would help blind loading at the boot
> prompt. If you choose names it the following format:
>
> type_name
> saver_warp
> saver_daemon
>
> the modules of one type will sort together in a directory listing. This is a
> change that will make FreeBSD more user friendly I think.
When I first started writing KLD, I had a vague notion that there would be
a simple directory structure under /modules, e.g.:
/modules
pci/
ncr.ko
...
isa/
if_ed.ko
...
...
Including the type in the filename instead might be a better idea though.
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