--- configure	2005-03-29 22:11:42.000000000 +0000
+++ configure.patched	2005-04-11 08:34:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 	mandir  => \$mandir,
 	prefix => \$prefix,
 	sbindir => \$sbindir,
+	module_dir => \$module_dir,
 	verbose => \$verbose
 );
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 		    'mandir=s',
 		    'prefix=s',
 		    'sbindir=s',
+		    'module_dir=s',
 		    'verbose');
 
 if(!$err) {
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@
   print "--mandir=\tthe base directory for man pages.  (Default: /usr/share/man)\n";
   print "--prefix=\tthe base directory to install into.  (Default: /)\n";
   print "--sbindir=\tthe base directory for system binaries.  (Default: /sbin)\n";
+  print "--module_dir=\tthe module directory to install insto. (Default: uname -r)\n";
   print "--verbose\t\tVerbose output\n";
   exit $ret;
 }
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@
 if (!$sbindir) {
   $sbindir="${prefix}/sbin";
 }
+if (!$module_dir) {
+    $module_dir= "/lib/modules/" . `uname -r`;
+}
 
 
 open IFILE, "<make/defines.mk.input" or die "Can't redirect stdin";
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@
     chomp;
     if( $_ =~ /^#define\s*UTS_RELEASE\s*\"(.*)\"$/ ){
       $kernel_version = $1;
-      $module_dir = "${prefix}/lib/modules/$1/kernel";
+#      $module_dir = "${prefix}/lib/modules/$1/kernel";
     }
 }