Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 10:48:43 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pseudo device lkm's broken Message-ID: <9509011448.AA06676@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <3884.809811286@critter.tfs.com> References: <199509010141.SAA23903@phaeton.artisoft.com> <3884.809811286@critter.tfs.com>
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<<On Wed, 30 Aug 1995 12:34:46 -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> said: > Now, why couldn't the kernel stick the symbols in a file on the rootfs > and free the memory ? they're not used that much... <Shudder> I don't think there's any reason why they couldn't be swapped out, however. (But obviously that can't happen before swap space is actually configured.) The only problem is that David's panic traceback wouldn't be possible then. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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