NetBSD Problem Report #52474
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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 10:40:48 +0800 (+08)
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Subject: Enhancement: Improved "association" of a kernel with its modules
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>Number: 52474
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: Enhancement: improved association of a kernel with its modules
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 08 02:45:00 +0000 2017
>Originator: Paul Goyette
>Release: NetBSD 8.99.1
>Organization:
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| Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: |
| (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee dot com |
| Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd dot org |
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>Environment:
System: NetBSD speedy.whooppee.com 8.99.1 NetBSD 8.99.1 (SPEEDY 2017-07-20 01:01:55 UTC) #0: Thu Jul 20 02:03:10 UTC 2017 paul@speedy.whooppee.com:/build/netbsd-local/obj/amd64/sys/arch/amd64/compile/SPEEDY amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
Some years ago, there was a discussion on tech-kern of having a better
way to gather together a kernel and its modules. Some possibilities
identified were:
* A top level directory, /netbsd, which would contain a kernel
and modules
* An archive (tar/gzip?) containing the kernel and modules
With the number of modules we have today (more than 240 for amd64) the
current mechanism of /stand/${ARCH}/${VERSION}/modules/${MOD}/${MOD}.kmod
doesn't scale. Additionally it does not readily lend itself to having
"test" modules to go along with a "test" kernel, without requiring some
manual save/restore of the production modules.
I can't find the original discussion (I think lukem@ started it), but
I wanted to get the issue logged in gnats so it doesn't get forgotten.
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