/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.* [was Re: Who decides what drivers go on the install disk?]

[Jeremy Katz]

On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 12:28 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Jon Masters (jcm at redhat.com) said: 
> > On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 22:13 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> > 
> > > Frankly, I think this sort of computation should either a) be done in modutils, so
> > > that it's upstream for any kernel b) just be done in the places that need this info
> > > (anaconda, livecd-tools). They can even just share the implementation.
> > 
> > It can be done in module-init-tools, and probably should be. Let me take
> > a look.
> 
> Actually, the more I think about it... is this really appropriate for all
> upstream m-i-t users? Especially since it will probably be a never-ending
> task of adjusting the symbol list to find the proper modules.

When davej and I talked about it, we decided "probably not".  And
maintaining two lists of it is insane, so we decided putting the info in
the kernel package wasn't a bad thing.  Especially as that's where
you'll know when you need to change it

Jeremy