Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 20:05:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: msmith@freebsd.org (Mike Smith) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth), doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor), freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How about building modules along with the kernel? Message-ID: <200004282005.NAA27418@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <200004270629.XAA00679@mass.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Apr 26, 2000 11:29:10 PM
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> > > > The loader can (and does) already read UFS.. > > > > > > > > It can read files in and load them into arbitarily named sections in the > > > > kernel, and other good things :) > > > > > > But what about JFS, E2FS, KFS, etc. ? > > > > Historical UNIX implementations have handled this with a > > flat filesystem, usually called "stand", where the kernel and > > any modules needed to access the locally instantiated filesystem > > implementations are installed. > > > > NT's boot loader approaches this the same way, though their > > "stand" is actually a FAT partition. > > We have this already; it's called /, and the format is UFS. > > If you want to get really anal, change the module search path to include > somewhere under /boot, and make that a FAT filesystem (we support those > as well). The reason that these other systems use a separate filesystem > of a simpler type is that their bootloaders are _lame_. Ours isn't, and > it doesn't need a new filesystem type just to cater to its' braindeath. > > Either use FAT or UFS, or teach the loader (libstand) about your new > filesystem types. If you're going to implement a filesystem for FreeBSD, > writing loader support for it is just about the most trivial part - > probably on par with the manpage. I think the issue is being raised in the context of dual boot machines; ifit weren't, then "JFS, E2FS, KFS, etc." would have no relevence, as you say. I think you are missing the context here. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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