Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 09:18:55 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kld questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903290917350.11545-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903291214260.11120-100000@lion.butya.kz>
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On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Boris Popov wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Doug Rabson wrote: > > > On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > > The motivation behind this question is that the driver allocates its > > > own memory for receives, and wraps external mbufs around that memory. > [skip] > > > > The current pci code has some remnants of old LKM support but I don't > > think it includes anything functional. The new pci code which I am slowly > > working on will support loadable drivers (that is the whole point really). > > Andrew also ask about 'unload' functionality, if this will be > implemented how the problem with interface detach will be solved ? Having > ability to detach any interface should greatly simplify development for > both hardware and software interfaces. The module being unloaded gets notified at unload and has a chance to veto the unload. The current interface for this is a bit inadequate but I expect to make some changes in this area soon. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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