From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 6 03:57:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4704137B401 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 03:57:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41808.mail.yahoo.com (web41808.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC3C943F93 for ; Sun, 6 Apr 2003 03:57:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from csujun@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030406105748.10644.qmail@web41808.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [211.161.222.251] by web41808.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 06 Apr 2003 18:57:48 CST Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 18:57:48 +0800 (CST) From: =?gb2312?q?Jun=20Su?= To: current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=gb2312 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: why not document load modules instead of recompiling kernel?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: csujun@21cn.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 10:57:50 -0000 Hi All, When I read the freebsd handbook, I found many part of document said it is needed to recompile the kernel. for example, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html However, kldload ipfw also works. Why there isn;t any words about this? Is loadable module not encourage? Thanks, Jun Su _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 更多惊喜，同样精彩，NetVista A30 热卖 http://ad.cn.doubleclick.net/clk;5313999;7930402;p?http://www.ibm.com/cn/promotion/pc/netvista_a30/index.shtml