Add comment about possibly prompting for "release" portion of module

path at boot-loader time.
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/* $NetBSD: TODO.modules,v 1.10 2017/01/14 21:18:40 pgoyette Exp $ */
/* $NetBSD: TODO.modules,v 1.11 2017/01/26 04:24:20 pgoyette Exp $ */
Some notes on the limitations of our current (as of 7.99.35) module
subsystem. This list was triggered by an Email exchange between
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Whatever new mechanism we arrive at will probably require changes to
installation procedures and bootstrap code, and will need to handle
both the new and old mechanisms for compatability.
One additional option mentioned is to be able to specify, at boot
loader time, an alternate value for the os-release portion of the
default module path, i.e. /stand/$MACHINE/$ALT-RELEASE/modules/