From owner-freebsd-current Thu Oct 1 04:36:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA03812 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 04:36:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk ([195.8.135.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA03800 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 04:36:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA00296; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 09:59:28 +0200 (CEST) To: Peter Wemm cc: Garrett Wollman , Chuck Robey , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comment about verbose booting In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Oct 1998 07:34:03 +0800." <199809302334.HAA15192@spinner.netplex.com.au> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 09:59:28 +0200 Message-ID: <294.907228768@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199809302334.HAA15192@spinner.netplex.com.au>, Peter Wemm writes: >Garrett Wollman wrote: >> < dk> said: >> >> > If your're asking me, the identification of the VGA chips is >> > something which should be killed, it doesn't belong in the kernel. >> >> But we'll have ELF kernels soon enough, so theoretically we could put >> all of that stuff in its own section and then release the memory after >> boot. >> >> Isn't that what Terry is always flaming about? > >Don't joke... It's not all that difficult - But you miss the point: boot-time-only probing will soon be a thing of the past. What if I plug a videocard in my cardbus slot ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message