From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 1 07:48:49 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id HAA04368 for current-outgoing; Fri, 1 Sep 1995 07:48:49 -0700 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id HAA04355 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 1995 07:48:46 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA06676; Fri, 1 Sep 1995 10:48:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 10:48:43 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9509011448.AA06676@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pseudo device lkm's broken In-Reply-To: <3884.809811286@critter.tfs.com> References: <199509010141.SAA23903@phaeton.artisoft.com> <3884.809811286@critter.tfs.com> Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < 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... 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