Re: bin/52461: relative module pathes not documented

[John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/52461; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/52461: relative module pathes not documented
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 13:34:26 -0700

 On Aug 3, 12:30pm, martin%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 }
 } >Number:         52461
 } >Category:       bin
 } >Synopsis:       relative module pathes not documented
 } >Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 03 12:30:00 +0000 2017
 } >Originator:     Martin Husemann
 } >Release:        NetBSD 8.99.1
 } >Description:
 } 
 } Neither the modload(8) nore modules.conf(5) man page give any examples of
 } lines usable for loading modules or to put into /etc/modules.conf.
 } 
 } While 
 } 
 } 	modload /stand/sparc64/8.99.1/modules/ntfs/ntfs.kmod 
 } 
 } seems to work for me right now, of course I don't want to hard wire the
 } version number, and both the existing sysctl for the path and the modload(8)
 } man page hint at a relative path to be usable.
 } 
 } However, none of the obvious things did work for me:
 } 
 } 	modload ntfs/ntfs.kmod 
 } 	modload ntfs.kmod 
 } 	modload ntfs
 
      modules.conf(5) states:
 
    FILE FORMAT
      Lines starting with a hash (`#') and empty lines are ignored.  All other
      lines are passed to modload(8).
 
 thus you shouldn't be using the word, "modload", in modules.conf.
 
      However, modules.conf(5) does need clarification about how
 arguments are handled.
 
 }-- End of excerpt from martin%NetBSD.org@localhost