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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:22:51 +0100
From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@uni-koblenz.de>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Persistent module storage - modutils design
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On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:55:59PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Note! This _has_ to be in the / filesystem so it works before mounting the
> > rest of the stuff (if ever). This would rule out /var, and leave just
> > /lib/modules/<version>. Makes me quite unhappy...
> 
> The /lib filesystem is likely not writable so /var is the right default. 

In theory yes.  In practice /var is often a mounted filesyste so for
modules loaded before /var is mounted this solution gets somewhat ugly.

  Ralf
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