From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 25 08:38:21 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23E8F4D0; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:38:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B4915F2; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:38:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E2256A6001; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:38:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r3P8cJiS001078; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:38:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r3P8cIlt000822; Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:38:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from lars) Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:38:18 +0200 From: Lars Engels To: Adrian Chadd Subject: Re: GSOC: Qt front-ends Message-ID: <20130425083818.GO65341@e-new.0x20.net> References: <60A4F968-60A4-4C71-AD53-BA1BC6CBAB5F@longcount.org> <8af7c4b114d6f1a44cf157a64fee3a7f@mail.0x20.net> <578CB1FA-C223-4872-B681-7EC0C280E611@tony.li> <20130425081250.GA9042@roberto02-aw.erc.corp.eurocontrol.int> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="i0LFOk513GRb+T2w" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:38:21 -0000 --i0LFOk513GRb+T2w Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 01:25:46AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > .. or we could just bite the bullet and split GENERIC into GENERIC > (which would have modules for everything) and GENERIC_NOMODULES. >=20 > Then just populate a default module list that goes into /boot/loader.conf. No, the list must be in kld_list=3D"" in rc.conf. If you add all the modules to loader.conf you can drink a coffee while the system boots. >=20 > If you're even more evil, you could populate a module list that goes > into /boot//module.conf.default, and then allow that to be > overridden. >=20 > Point is - a modular kernel works, right now. What we're missing is a > way to load them at boot time by the bootloader. Well, enough of them > to bring up the system so the rest can be autoloaded as needed. >=20 > _That_ whole mess would be a great GSoC project. +1 --i0LFOk513GRb+T2w Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlF463oACgkQKc512sD3afjA/wCgzFvtNc2PT4pw9FZZ7MnuIg8X mikAoMJekij9FFCJd6b6xHSNzqYMxDz5 =uUO8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --i0LFOk513GRb+T2w--