Re: 2 new commits to Bering-uClibc

Hi Erich;

Am Montag, 24. August 2015, 13:36:48 schrieb Erich Titl:
> Hi KP
> 
> ...
> 
> > Yes, there are different preferences, and Erich said it'll be easy to
> > remove modules.sqfs and use of moddb.lrp though it'll reuire the new
> > config option in leaf.cfg.
> 
> I still don't see why. The config option just states the obvious, the
> presence of modules.sqfs.

You are correct, with one exception.
Modules loaded from modules.sqfs during booot are written to
/var/lib/lrpkg/sqfs.modules
and saving modules will not save those.
Andrew explained his decision in previous mails.

To be able to delete modules.sqfs and save *all* modules into moddb.lrp a new 
option has been added to leaf.cfg.

While I understand your concerns, and  appreciate it, though I also respect 
Andrews explanations - at last the one who writes the code has an advantage :)

I'd like to have this issue on our agenda, maybe we'll rethink the decision, 
maybe we'll find a better solution - maybe user feedback will help to make the 
decision! Therefor, I'd like to get a 5.2 version done. Betas and rcs are not 
adopted widely without feedback... so a final version will hopefully  improve 
this situation.

> > Let's keep it that way until we'll find a better/more accpeted solution.
> > 
> > This raises a new question - is there a need for 2.3MB moddb.lrp anymore?
> 
> ???
> 
> > Or can we rework the logic to shrink moddb?
> 
> What logic, there is hardly any logic in moddb.lrp, just a compressed
> tarball of /lib/mpdules.

Yes there i no "logic" - misworded on my side.
Question has been, can we shrink moddb.lrp to a placeholder with zero bytes 
until it's needed (removed modules.sqfs)?

Andrew stated that it could be useful for systems where the modules.sqfs does 
not fit.
This should be improved in some way. 

> The question IMHO should be, how can we assert a minimal lib/modules
> directory?
> 
> By removing all unnecessary modules from memory _and_ /lib/mdules. That
> is the hard part.

Yes. But first steps first.

kp

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