Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 21:26:09 -0400 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <gcorcoran@lucent.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Module parameters? Message-ID: <396BC931.6ABF2C85@lucent.com> References: <200007120116.SAA00755@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > If you say "kldload foo", you load the file foo.ko. However, that file > may contain more than one module. I didn't know that was possible (i.e. supported)... > The hints mechanism is what we are currently using to pass in the > information that used to be in the kernel configuration file. Each hint > is an entry in the kernel environment space; these are currently read > from a file by the loader when it's loading the kernel, but we must also > have an interface for setting these after the system starts. Gee, you mean you're not gonna make me reboot every time I change a setting like Windows does? :-P Actually they've gotten rid of most of that baloney in Windows2000, so we better not be worse! > In addition, it should be possible to pass arguments to a module as you > load it, however it's not clear yet that this is the "clean" way to do it. > I think the initial approach is going to look like this: > > # kenv hint.foo.0.parameter=15 > # kldload foo > > ie. the hints can be set entirely independently of the module load. Sounds reasonable to me... Gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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