Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757232AbZASBWx (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:22:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755828AbZASBWp (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:22:45 -0500 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:49977 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755742AbZASBWo (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:22:44 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:24:28 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: kbuild: install to a single directory Message-ID: <20090119012428.GB4491@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 802 Lines: 25 On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:17:16PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Hi, > > > > This proposed change will collect all kernel modules in the > single directory, e.g. /lib/modules/2.6.29-rc2/kernel/, without > any further directory structure. About 475 inodes (with > almost-allmodconfig) less are used, which should result > in faster directory traversal (less seeks). Hi Jan. Can you elaborate a little more why this is needed / a good thing. Also: -> Is mod-utils compatible with this change -> Is userland in general compatible with this change Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/