From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 23 18:07:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE8837B401 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:07:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46A4743F85 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:07:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id BAA405308; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 03:07:38 +0200 (CEST) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: "Daniel C. Sobral" From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 03:07:37 +0200 In-Reply-To: <3E9EB7DF.4040104@tcoip.com.br> ("Daniel C. Sobral"'s message of "Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:19:11 -0300") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.2 References: <200304171136.57515.agh@tpg.com.au> <3E9EB7DF.4040104@tcoip.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Auto kernel module loading X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 01:07:43 -0000 "Daniel C. Sobral" writes: > Plan once was for loader to identify the PNP IDs and load the > appropriate modules. What the appropriate modules were would be > infered from a configuration file. You can't do it in the loader. It would have to scan the PCI bus, properly set up all bridges etc. to discover all devices. Keep going in that direction and you end up with a complete kernel instead of a minimal loader. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org