Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:11:35 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Stanley Jobson <Stanley.Jobson@gmx.ch> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KLD technical docs Message-ID: <20060329061135.GP7001@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <9531.1143531289@www098.gmx.net> References: <24143.1143531014@www098.gmx.net> <9531.1143531289@www098.gmx.net>
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Stanley Jobson wrote this message on Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 09:34 +0200: > for my master thesis i am looking for technical docs about > dynamic linking esp. about the kernel dynamic linker facility. > > i found some good docs about dynamic linking in general but > nothing about KLD/LKM. > > are there any technical docs on KLD? I read the short chapter > in the arch handbook but thats not much info. > > i am interested in docs answering the following questions: > - how does the dynamic loading and linking work for KLDs/LKMs? > - does this anything has to do with libbfd, libdl or rtld? > - how are dependencies handled? > > technical info to LKM and dynamic linking facility of the other > BSDs would be also interesting :) The best technical doc is src/sys/kern/kern_linker.c... :) That handles all the magic of SYSINIT's, sysctl's and the other magic of kernel modules... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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