* Why is tulip in its own directory (at least to 2.4.8) ?
@ 2001-08-31 19:37 Ken Moffat
2001-09-01 8:16 ` Keith Owens
2001-09-01 20:33 ` Jeff Garzik
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From: Ken Moffat @ 2001-08-31 19:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
I've just changed the NIC on my main box from a natsemi to a tulip. The
natsemi module was in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net along
with the ppp modules, but the tulip module is in a tulip subdirectory.
Is there a good reason for this ?
Ken
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* Re: Why is tulip in its own directory (at least to 2.4.8) ?
2001-08-31 19:37 Why is tulip in its own directory (at least to 2.4.8) ? Ken Moffat
@ 2001-09-01 8:16 ` Keith Owens
2001-09-01 20:33 ` Jeff Garzik
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From: Keith Owens @ 2001-09-01 8:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ken Moffat; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:37:07 +0100 (BST),
Ken Moffat <ken@kenmoffat.uklinux.net> wrote:
>I've just changed the NIC on my main box from a natsemi to a tulip. The
>natsemi module was in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net along
>with the ppp modules, but the tulip module is in a tulip subdirectory.
The module install directory tree follows the source tree structure.
All the module tools know about this directory structure. Do not hard
code pathnames in insmod, just "insmod tulip" and let the tools do
their job.
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* Re: Why is tulip in its own directory (at least to 2.4.8) ?
2001-08-31 19:37 Why is tulip in its own directory (at least to 2.4.8) ? Ken Moffat
2001-09-01 8:16 ` Keith Owens
@ 2001-09-01 20:33 ` Jeff Garzik
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Garzik @ 2001-09-01 20:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ken Moffat; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Ken Moffat wrote:
> I've just changed the NIC on my main box from a natsemi to a tulip. The
> natsemi module was in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net along
> with the ppp modules, but the tulip module is in a tulip subdirectory.
>
> Is there a good reason for this ?
A sane organization. At least two more tulip-alikes are moving into
that directory in 2.5, even though they will remain separate drivers.
"8390" and "lance" sub-directories are also coming in 2.5.
Jeff
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