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diff --git a/mdk-stage1/doc/UPDATEMODULES b/mdk-stage1/doc/UPDATEMODULES
index ceef21758..cfae4dc54 100644
--- a/mdk-stage1/doc/UPDATEMODULES
+++ b/mdk-stage1/doc/UPDATEMODULES
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ e2fs filesystem.
This disk may contain a number of kernel modules; some of them
may replace existing modules, some of them may be added.
-This disk must contain a special file, named "to_load", on
-the root (not in a subdirectory). This file will contain a series of
-module names, with optional module options; the program will try to load
-all these modules one after another, using file on the floppy if present,
-else using file within standard module repository ("marfile" on the boot
-floppy). It can contain comments, these are strictly defined by the
-presence of a hash (#) character on column 0 of any line.
+
+Create a directory per kernel version, named from the version, for example
+2.6.27-desktop586-0.rc8.2mnb. In this directory put the modules and a special
+file, named "to_load". This file will contain a series of module names, with
+optional module options; the program will try to load all these modules one
+after another, using file on the floppy if present, else using file within
+standard module repository. It can contain comments, these are strictly defined
+by the presence of a hash (#) character on column 0 of any line.
This disk may also contain some update or new modules for installed kernels.
Those modules must be placed in directory <kernel-version>. They must be
@@ -44,17 +45,14 @@ Here's a typical scenario:
--=----=----=----=----=----=----=----=----=--
Our example disk contains:
-[root@obiwan mnt]# ll floppy/
-total 77
-drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Jul 26 12:02 lost+found/
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9051 Jul 26 12:43 msdos.ko
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13660 Jul 26 12:04 ppa.ko
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54 Jul 26 12:46 to_load
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32108 Jul 26 12:04 uhci.ko
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6572 Jul 26 12:04 wacom.ko
-drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 26 12:04 2.6.8.1-20mdk
-drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 26 12:04 2.6.8.1-20mdksmp
-[root@obiwan mnt]# cat floppy/to_load
+[root@obiwan mnt]# ll floppy/*
+2.6.27-desktop586-0.rc8.2mnb/:
+total 541
+drwxrwxr-x 3 a a 1024 2009-03-09 12:09 kernel/
+-rw-rw-r-- 1 a a 547480 2009-03-09 12:04 msdos.ko
+-rw-rw-r-- 1 a a 54748 2009-03-09 12:04 ppa.ko
+-rw-rw-r-- 1 a a 79 2009-03-09 12:08 to_load
+[root@obiwan mnt]# cat floppy/*/to_load
# Update Drivers description file
3c59x
# fat is a dep for msdos
@@ -66,7 +64,10 @@ ppa
ne io=0x300 irq=7
# New module [list_modules: disk/scsi]
a320raid
-[root@obiwan mnt]# (cd floppy/2.6.8.1-20mdk ; find -type f)
+[root@obiwan mnt]# (cd floppy/2.6.27-desktop586-0.rc8.2mnb ; find -type f)
+./msdos.ko
+./ppa.ko
+./to_load
./kernel/fs/msdos/msdos.ko.gz
./kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.ko.gz
./kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.ko.gz