So, in my quest to have kernels kexec'able from an external storage device, it became clear quite quickly that I needed to have modules for all of the possible kernels I might have to choose from on such external storage. Well it was always obvious I could need multiple versions of modules. What was not obvious was that versioning system for modules in openwrt precludes this.
For example, when you install kmod-foo_2.6.25.20-brcm47xx-1_mipsel.ipk
it removes the modules that were installed with
kmod-foo_2.6.25.7-brcm47xx-1_mipsel.ipk. There really is no need for
this, with the exception of the /etc/modules.d/ files. But I wonder if
that could be versioned as well -- /etc/modules.d/2.6.25.7
and /etc/modules.d/2.6.25.20 for example. /etc/init.d/boot could then
do:
load_modules /etc/modules.d/$(uname -r)/*
instead of the current:
load_modules /etc/modules.d/*
I've not really looked terribly deeply into how {i,o}okg parses
packaging data, but I guess the kernel version needs to be moved out of
the package version and into the package name.
Thots?
b.
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