From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 13 09:13:26 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F3616A417 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:13:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matteo@freebsd.org) Received: from vsmtp4.tin.it (vsmtp4.tin.it [212.216.176.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B61A413C448 for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:13:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matteo@freebsd.org) Received: from rionda.dyndns.org (87.8.188.88) by vsmtp4.tin.it (7.3.122) id 46F95D6C0278D183; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:01:40 +0200 Received: from rionda.dyndns.org (rionda@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rionda.dyndns.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9D91eI1011491; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:01:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from matteo@freebsd.org) Received: (from rionda@localhost) by rionda.dyndns.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l9D91ceJ011490; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:01:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from matteo@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rionda.dyndns.org: rionda set sender to matteo@freebsd.org using -f Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:01:38 +0200 From: Matteo Riondato To: David Naylor Message-ID: <20071013090138.GF1739@kaiser.sig11.org> Mail-Followup-To: Matteo Riondato , David Naylor , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <200710130959.45183.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200710130959.45183.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Ideas and a question X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:13:26 -0000 On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 09:59:45AM +0200, David Naylor wrote: > 1) Automatic module loading. Create a discovery system that upon identifying > hardware that a module supports, loads the module. This would probably be a > user-land implementation? > Motivation: Additional ease of use (especially with sound) FreeSBIE does this for sound and other things, like X configuration: http://cvsweb.freesbie.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/freesbie2/extra/sound/ and other directories in the FreeSBIE CVS tree. It can be improved. -- Matteo Riondato FreeBSD Committer (http://www.FreeBSD.org) FreeSBIE Developer (http://www.FreeSBIE.org) GUFI Staff Member (http://www.GUFI.org)