Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 09:59:28 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: comment about verbose booting Message-ID: <294.907228768@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Oct 1998 07:34:03 %2B0800." <199809302334.HAA15192@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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In message <199809302334.HAA15192@spinner.netplex.com.au>, Peter Wemm writes: >Garrett Wollman wrote: >> <<On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 21:24:43 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd. > 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
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