[thirdparty/kmod.git] / TODO


Features:

* config: configs that do not need to be matched by fnmatch() could be using a
  vector instead of a list. This way we could search in it by calling
  bsearch().

* config: load on demand

* index: drop the "open(), seek(), read()" implementation and use another one
  with mmap(). When lookup() is called and the file is not mmaped, mmap it.

* insmod and rmmod with dependency handling. Maybe this should be done by the
  binary, and it's sufficient to return only the lists from lookups.
  ^-- investigate the best API

* create test-mock library to be LD_PRELOAD'ed before running the binaries
  so we're able to create unit tests

* provide ELF manipulation to implement modinfo

* provide 1:1 compatibility with module-init-tools's modprobe, missing:
   - parse options from kernel command line (modname.opt=val)
   - provide softdeps
   - show modversions (needs elf manipulation)
   - show config (list all known options, install, remove, softdep...)
   - show list (lists all modules known by modules.dep)
   - return install/remove commands for non-modules:
         install nonexistentmodule somecommand
     modprobe nonexistentmodule -> runs somecommand

* Add coding-style.txt
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bf89f76e LDM	1
	2	Features:
	3
	4	* config: configs that do not need to be matched by fnmatch() could be using a
	5	vector instead of a list. This way we could search in it by calling
	6	bsearch().
	7
c3325cfc LDM	8	* config: load on demand
	9
	10	* index: drop the "open(), seek(), read()" implementation and use another one
	11	with mmap(). When lookup() is called and the file is not mmaped, mmap it.
	12
bf89f76e LDM	13	* insmod and rmmod with dependency handling. Maybe this should be done by the
	14	binary, and it's sufficient to return only the lists from lookups.
	15	^-- investigate the best API
	16
c3d0a5f2	17	* create test-mock library to be LD_PRELOAD'ed before running the binaries
7fe602b6	18	so we're able to create unit tests
c3d0a5f2 GSB	19
	20	* provide ELF manipulation to implement modinfo
	21
	22	* provide 1:1 compatibility with module-init-tools's modprobe, missing:
	23	- parse options from kernel command line (modname.opt=val)
	24	- provide softdeps
	25	- show modversions (needs elf manipulation)
	26	- show config (list all known options, install, remove, softdep...)
	27	- show list (lists all modules known by modules.dep)
	28	- return install/remove commands for non-modules:
	29	install nonexistentmodule somecommand
	30	modprobe nonexistentmodule -> runs somecommand
c35347f1 LDM	31
c35347f1 LDM	32	* Add coding-style.txt