From owner-freebsd-current Mon Aug 31 13:49:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA29722 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 13:49:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA29717 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 13:49:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00942; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 13:41:34 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808311341.NAA00942@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Day After, initial reports. In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 31 Aug 1998 21:43:25 +0200." <16893.904592605@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 13:41:34 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >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