Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:02:14 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: dg@root.com Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kld and on demand device loading Message-ID: <199812290702.AAA24239@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Dec 1998 22:52:07 PST." <199812290652.WAA20403@implode.root.com> References: <199812290652.WAA20403@implode.root.com>
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In message <199812290652.WAA20403@implode.root.com> David Greenman writes: > The automatic on-demand driver loading has always been our goal with > loadable modules. Unloading is more tricky and may be undesirable in > certain circumstances. Memory is also cheap enough that unloading isn't > a very high priority. ...not that I'd be anything less than enthusiastic > to see it implemented, though. For the short term, should I hack pccardd to automatically try to load a module that it doesn't know about? Or should there be a more comprehensive plan in place before making such a quick hack? It would be nice to have a fairly stockish kernel, and have modules that I want to debug loaded and unloaded as I hack on them. It would be even nicer if they weren't part of the normal kernel, and that they were loaded automatically when I inserted the card... Warner [DG's reply to this was "I don't think waiting is going to achieve any positive results, so I'd say go for it. Your work might provide the basis for something more general." -Mod.] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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