Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 13:15:12 -0400 From: "Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO" <myevmenkin@att.com> To: "'hackers@freebsd.org'" <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: kerneld for FreeBSD Message-ID: <E598F159668DD311B9C700902799EAF4473417@njb140po01.ems.att.com>
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sorry, hit wrong key... :) in addition to my previous message... > > 2) kernel/user space does not unload modules, unless you > > unload it manually > > This is, IMO, a good idea. I certainly don't want some > smartass daemon > unloading a module just because it thinks it should. 8) another option in config file? something like ``do_not_unload''? > > 3) we can not configure which module should be loaded. > > it is hardcoded > > Since the code knows what it wants, this isn't necessarily a > bad thing > either. In most cases, part of the module name is actually > parametric, > eg. in the ifconfig(8) case, so this isn't as much of a problem as it > sounds. i do not agree :-) code wants device driver/interface/filesystem/????. code should not care about module name. of course it is better to have name convension, but i think this is not the case. :-) thanks, emax To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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