Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:22:40 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q. new kld linker Message-ID: <199809171622.JAA00715@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:02:06 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809171256220.2486-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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> Hi, > > I have a couple of questions concerning the new kernel module loader. > > * will it work with stripped kernels/modules? Currently used modload > requires a kernel with symbols. It only requires the _DYNAMIC object which is part of the data segment. > * what size of temporary files will it produce in process of loading? > Currently used modload runs normal ld, which produces a ca. 30kB file in > /tmp. This may sound for you like nothing, but it's very important for > tiny systems. It doesn't use temporary files at all; you pass the filename in as a syscall argument and it reads the file directly. > * is it supposed to be (eventually) used instead of current lkm? Yes; if we can switch the default kernel to ELF, we must migrate all of them. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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