Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 15:22:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@freebsd-services.com Subject: Re: Library routine to load a kld if it already isn't Message-ID: <200108052222.f75MMj100826@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 05 Aug 2001 09:06:01 PDT." <20010805160606.C985F3E35@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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> > > Sharball of the implementation and man page is attached (extract into
> > > src/lib/libc/gen). Comments? Suggestions?
> >
> > This is normally done with:
> >
> > if (modfind("module") == -1 && ID0kldload("module") == -1)
> > errx();
> >
> > I don't think it's a good idea to change this.
>
> Only it's wrong in some cases. Some modules will have a bus attached
Please see ifmaybeload() in src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c.
I would like to see a library function like kmodule_require(), which would
take a *module* name and version number constrants similar to those taken
by loadable modules themselves.
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people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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