Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 12:33:32 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: A JOSEPH KOSHY <koshy@india.hp.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: Demand loading (Re: FreeBSD, Zappa & PCI) Message-ID: <1153.820668812@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jan 1996 03:19:41 PST." <7741.820667981@time.cdrom.com>
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> I don't think we do at all. It wouldn't be *that* hard to do with our > current a.out format, and I think the first big thing we need to do is > implement a `lighter weight' LKM mechanism that doesn't rely on > /usr/bin/ld to load things into the kernel, otherwise you run into a > chicken-and-egg problem loading disk drivers dynamically. exactly. This is a highpriority for me. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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