Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 13:41:34 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Day After, initial reports. Message-ID: <199808311341.NAA00942@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:43:25 %2B0200." <16893.904592605@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> >ELF kernels are dependant on the new bootloader. Right now, there would > >be no real benefit to an ELF kernel compared to an a.out kernel. They > >would both take up the same amount of memory and both support the same set > >of features. > > Until somebody implemented the code needed for us to dispose of code > which is "NWDV". > > Poul-Henning > > Ok, Ok: "Not Wanted During Voyage" Bruce has already indicated that there is a mechanism for freeing kernel memory; anyone care to document the process? With the modular approach I'm taking, it would be nice to be able to free modules that fail to probe. -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message
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