Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 12:21:05 +0200
From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc: Valentin Shopov <valsho@yahoo.com>, current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: pcic.c & {,un}register_pcic_intr declarations
Message-ID: <199903131021.MAA25837@greenpeace.grondar.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of " Fri, 12 Mar 1999 23:45:19 PST." <199903130745.XAA00785@dingo.cdrom.com>
References: <199903130745.XAA00785@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > I have card* compiled in (perhaps I should have mentioned that?), and > > pcic* kldloaded. > > > > > This makes the pcic module useless, and, as I said, renders any > > > combination other than 100% static *broken*. > > > > Rubbish! Why is my system working? > > Because you have an horrific mishmash of bits; it's not meant to be > broken up as you have. If that is the case, then the documentation and people's ideas differ dramatically from reality. As I said, I have a nicely working Libretto here. The configs could be tidier, and more of the kernel could be KLD, but it works almost as well as PAO did 7 months ago, and this is -CURRENT :-). > > Any suggestions for a kernel neophyte on how to get stuck into 3)? > > Not really; you'd need to study how KLD currently works, then go back > over the discussions that Peter, Doug, I and others have had about how > we might identify modules within a file, and implement it. I fear that > it will result in binary incompatability (again). Fooey :-(. Smells like a kernel registry-of-loaded-bits is needed? M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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