Re: [PATCH 00/14] new modprobe, depmod features for alternative module dirs

[Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>]

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
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