From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 14 23:53:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA02117 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 23:53:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.6.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA02108 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 23:53:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr09.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA18959; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 00:56:25 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr09.primenet.com(206.165.6.209) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd018947; Mon Dec 15 00:56:18 1997 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr09.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA28647; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 00:52:28 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199712150752.AAA28647@usr09.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Bus/Processor specific I/O methods - was Re: Beginning SPARC port To: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 07:52:28 +0000 (GMT) Cc: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199712150618.WAA25116@hub.freebsd.org> from "Darren Reed" at Dec 15, 97 05:17:38 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I have larger plans for my code than just managing hardware devices... > > the code will be VERY simply to expand it to support such things as > > using to keep track of char/block devices, and other things... with a > > common interface.. it will be VERY easy to create something like the > > win95's list of system devices that is VERY complete... > > Hmmm, here's a question for you... > How long before FreeBSD has an 10-MB kernel at boot-time, just like NT ? > (Well, minus whatever bloat there is for the GUI) We will go to preferential ELF segment loading and LKM's for non-boot-critical devices long before that happens. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.