TODO

   1 Features:
   2 =========
   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
   8 * index: drop the "open(), seek(), read()" implementation and use another one
   9   with mmap(). When lookup() is called and the file is not mmaped, mmap it.
  10
  11 * create test-mock library to be LD_PRELOAD'ed before running the binaries
  12   so we're able to create unit tests
  13
  14 * provide ELF manipulation to implement modinfo
  15
  16 * Add functions to dump configuration
  17
  18 * Add functions list all modules known by modules.dep
  19
  20 * provide 1:1 compatibility with module-init-tools's modprobe
  21    - show modversions (needs elf manipulation)
  22    - dump configuration
  23
  24 * provide modules.archive, a cache file with all modules compressed
  25   and a fast access. It's like a tar.gz, but with each entry
  26   compressed as opposed to the whole tar compressed, easy to pick
  27   individual entries, that is, more like .gz.tar. As zlib compression
  28   does not store the uncompressed file size, this could provide
  29   it. The file format should be something like:
  30      MAGIC-ID
  31      DIRECTORY-ENTRY-SIZE
  32      DIRECTORY (hash-like format, points to file offset and size)
  33      ENTRIES (each is a compressed module)
  34   Helper binary to:
  35      kmod-archive list
  36      kmod-archive add path.ko
  37      kmod-archive rm path.ko
  38      kmod-archive get path.ko
  39      kmod-archive exists path.ko
  40
  41 Known Bugs:
  42 ===========
  43
  44
  45 Notes for future development:
  46 =============================
  47
  48 * Kill support for /etc/modprobe.conf
  49
  50 * Kill support for map files
  51
  52 Things to be added removed in kernel (check what is really needed):
  53 ===================================================================
  54
  55 * list of currently loaded modules
  56
  57 * module's size should be available under /sys
  58
  59 * kill /proc/modules ?