Subject: Re: LKM's for some file systems
To: None <explorer@flame.org>
From: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/27/1995 16:34:27
>Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 06:10:30 -0600
>From: "Michael Graff" <explorer@flame.org>

>One question which still needs to be resolved is where should these
>*.o LKM's be installed?  I'd think /usr/lkm would be a good idea, with
>the output (modload's -o option) in /var/run/lkm or something like
>that.

I think /lkm would be better, for two reasons:

1) An LKM may be required to mount /usr (e.g., NFS).
2) LKMs must be installed in single-user mode, unless the INSECURE
   kernel option is used.
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