From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 19 16:35:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (picasso.transbay.net [209.133.53.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F3321810D for ; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:35:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA00737; Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:27:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199910192327.QAA00737@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: James Howard Cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KLDs In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:57:02 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:27:01 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Is it possible to compile a kernel with no filesystems supported and have > > > the boot loader load FFS? I have built an FFS module but I have not yet > > > had time to test it. Frankly, I am kind of afraid to for fear of trashing > > > my system. > > > > As long as the kernel will compile with no filesystems, it should work > > just fine. > > I expect as much, but when I tried to make an IPX KLD, it paniced the > system on unload. I will test the FFS KLD soon though. Panic on unload usually means that the code in question isn't designed to unload. 8) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message