Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 07:52:28 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed) Cc: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bus/Processor specific I/O methods - was Re: Beginning SPARC port Message-ID: <199712150752.AAA28647@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199712150618.WAA25116@hub.freebsd.org> from "Darren Reed" at Dec 15, 97 05:17:38 pm
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> > I have larger plans for my code than just managing hardware devices... > > the code will be VERY simply to expand it to support such things as > > using to keep track of char/block devices, and other things... with a > > common interface.. it will be VERY easy to create something like the > > win95's list of system devices that is VERY complete... > > Hmmm, here's a question for you... > How long before FreeBSD has an 10-MB kernel at boot-time, just like NT ? > (Well, minus whatever bloat there is for the GUI) We will go to preferential ELF segment loading and LKM's for non-boot-critical devices long before that happens. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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