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#1 2017-03-21 16:20:25

alaneuler
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[SOLVED] Two kernel module folders?

Hi, I was digging into some details of Linux kernel and I find that Arch Linux has two kernel module folders:
One is /lib/modules/
The other is /usr/lib/modules/, their content seems the same, but what's the difference?

And I've also looked at Ubuntu, there is no /usr/lib/modules/ directory there, so why Arch has the extra /usr/lib/modules?

Thanks for any input!

Last edited by alaneuler (2017-03-22 00:31:26)

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#2 2017-03-21 16:25:40

pdc
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Re: [SOLVED] Two kernel module folders?

In Arch /lib is a symbolic link to /usr/lib, so /lib/modules/ and /usr/lib/modules/ are the same.

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#3 2017-03-21 16:33:52

loqs
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Re: [SOLVED] Two kernel module folders?

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#4 2017-03-22 00:30:49

alaneuler
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Re: [SOLVED] Two kernel module folders?

OK, thank you guys.

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