From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 6 16: 8:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8597737B642; Tue, 6 Jun 2000 16:08:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id QAA72680; Tue, 6 Jun 2000 16:08:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 16:08:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: "Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO" Cc: "'hackers@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: kerneld for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO wrote: > > No. Modules shouldn't be unloaded automatically. ^^ > but why? :-) what is wrong with that? it would be so nice to have small > GENERIC kernel and bunch of modules. kernel will start, identify all > hardware (pci/pnp) and than load appropriate modules. the only problem > here is old hardware :( You weren't listening..no-one debates the utility of auto-loading modules, and that is the direction FreeBSD is already heading. The debate is over the utility of automatically UNLOADING modules when they're "no longer in use". Kris ---- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message