Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 06:39:15 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel loader Message-ID: <20020221063914.U48401@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20020221131541.GA6721@raggedclown.net>; from csfbsd@raggedclown.net on Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 02:15:41PM %2B0100 References: <20020221131541.GA6721@raggedclown.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 02:15:41PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> Well, I tried this out in -hackers, and got a couple of mono-syllabic
> replies, but no-one answered my question. So I will try it here.
>
> The kernel loader code has mechanisms to implant dependencies in the
> module code, e.g. if module A requires module B, then you can build
> this knowledge into module A.
>
> Now I do not believe that if you load module A, then module B is
> automagically loaded as well.
[snip]
> I am looking for the
> same functionality in FreeBSD. I do not believe it exists.
>
> Can anyone confirm this, or refute it.
I can confirm that module dependencies work fine on -CURRENT. Not so
sure about -STABLE. And if it does not, what the MFC status is.
--
Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu
| cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020221063914.U48401>