Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 07:35:55 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: From Slashdot... Message-ID: <XFMail.990201073555.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901312037100.374-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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On 01-Feb-99 The Hermit Hacker wrote: > Just curious, but what is happening as far as modularizing(sp?) the > kernel and its drivers is concerned? One of the things that a friend of > mine raves about, as far as Linux is concerned, is the fact that, without > having to reboot his machine, he can install (assuming hot-swappable > hardware) a Adaptec controller, type a command, and the driver is > included into the kernel...would something like that make it *easier* to > ports drivers over from, say, Linux? As long as the API's are reasonably > consistent, I would think this would be easier...no? *G* I guess he forgot to mention what a bitch Linux kernel compilation in itself is. Anyways, if ye look closely Marc, ye can see the starts of modularisation taking place, and I hope it's possible (without to many dirty hacks and tricks) that what you suggested can be used on BSD. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven It's a Dance of Energy, asmodai(at)wxs.nl when the Mind goes Binary... Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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