Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 14:36:38 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI LKM's? Message-ID: <199802162236.OAA08089@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Feb 1998 23:30:18 %2B0100." <19980216233018.60253@mi.uni-koeln.de>
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> On 1998-02-16 13:23 -0800, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote: > > > I added PCI LKM support to the PCI code more than one year > > > ago, but never put it into the "official" 2.2.x repository. > > > If you want patches, I can provide you with them, but if > > > there is sufficient interest, I can also commit that code > > > to -stable. > > > > There is sufficient interest. This would allow shipping of PCI drivers > > without requiring kernel rebuilds, which is highly desirable for 2.2.6 > > Are you going to test that PCI LKM code ? > > I don't have a -stable system, and can not > easily boot a 2.2.x kernel ... I would be happy to do what I could, but I know for a fact that Daniel will have a specific application for it & will want to test it ASAP. Someone like Genesis that wants to ship a basically stock 2.2.x system with device support for custom hardware would be thrilled to be able to bolt their support onto GENERIC without having to rebuild kernels. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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