Re: net mods installed under misc in 2.2.18-pre21

Keith Owens
2000-11-16T05:06:07Z

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:52:50 +0100,
"J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es> wrote:
>I have noticed that some kernel modules are installed under
>/lib/modules/XXX/misc,
>instead of /net. I have been checking the drivers/net/Makefile (little knowledge

Known problem. Fixed with a new make modules_install algorithm in 2.4
kernels. Back porting that change to 2.2 would force all 2.2 users to
upgrade to modutils 2.3. AC does not want forced user space upgrades
in the stable kernel (and I agree). So you are stuck with the broken
modutles install.

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