[Dev] module location

[M. Mueller (bhu5nji)]

I would research the dependance of tools like depmod to function as expected 
if a kernel module were placed outside the /lib/modules/....... path.

Mike M.

On Thursday 21 February 2002 10:51 am, you wrote:
> John F Davis [johndavi@us.ibm.com] wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > At work we debating the location of module files.  We are building some
> > custom modules
> > and I'm thinking that they don't need to be in the lib/modules/2.4.x/misc
> > dir.  Especially since
> > we can have more than one version of the  module.
>
> Well, what do they do?  There's a bunch of module 'types' in
> /lib/modules/2.4.x/kernel/drivers/
>
> > Has anybody ever seen a module outside the lib/modules/2.4.x filesystem?
>
> Yeah, actually.  The wireless LAN drivers can be used without being
> installed in the 'main' modules directory.
>
> It's non-standard to not put them in the main modules directory, but
> certainly doable.
>
> Mike