Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern

[Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 12:40:23AM +0200, Antti Kantee wrote:
> On Thu Jan 17 2008 at 22:32:49 +0000, Stephen M. Rumble wrote:
> > 
> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       rumble
> > Date:               Thu Jan 17 22:32:49 UTC 2008
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/sys/kern: subr_kobj.c
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > Before bailing on ENOENT, try one more time with an appended ".o". This
> > lets us load dependencies by module name and makes 'modload foo' work when
> > 'foo.o' is the file.
> 
> Is this a policy decision the kernel should be making?

Yes, unless the goal is "LKMs but without GNU ld" then the kernel must be
able to load modules by itself. The policy needs a bit of work, particularly
when it comes to ABI versioning and odd combinations of kernel and user
distribution (eg sparc base.tgz and sparc64 kernel).

Andrew