From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 16 19:37:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4897716A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:37:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail2.speakeasy.net (mail2.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30DD843D1D for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:37:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (qmail 21408 invoked from network); 17 Feb 2004 03:37:02 -0000 Received: from dsl017-045-168.spk4.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO hydrogen.funkthat.com) ([69.17.45.168]) (envelope-sender ) by mail2.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 17 Feb 2004 03:37:02 -0000 Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (zmjktu@localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1])i1H3ax7Y066559; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:36:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i1H3avqe066558; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:36:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:36:57 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Bin Ren Message-ID: <20040217033657.GG85686@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Bin Ren , Hackers FreeBSD References: <0A771943-1DDB-11B2-ADA8-000A9576014E@cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0A771943-1DDB-11B2-ADA8-000A9576014E@cam.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html cc: Hackers FreeBSD Subject: Re: more info about KLD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 03:37:03 -0000 Bin Ren wrote this message on Thu, Jan 01, 1970 at 02:04 +0100: Might want to run ntpdate on your machine... > I have two questions: > (1) Is there any more detailed information regarding KLD in > addition to the KDL facility programming in DaemonNews > and in Architecture Book? have you checked the kernel developers handbook.. > (2) Can I turn an arbitrary piece of codes in kernel into a KLD? > Say, the entire TCP/IP stack? Yes, for the most part you can. Though you may limited on when you can load/unload the code. The tcp/ip stack may be a bit difficult as it has interdependancies on other parts, like ipv6... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."