Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:07:42 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org Cc: Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, Ngie Cooper <ngie@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r316938 - head/sbin/savecore Message-ID: <20170415140742.GF97090@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201704150642.v3F6g41p010449@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <20170415053729.GA76139@raichu> <201704150642.v3F6g41p010449@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:42:04PM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 10:37:29PM -0700, Mark Johnston wrote:
> > ...
> > Does "lkm" mean "loadable kernel module"? If so, why?
>
> Yes, so you dont have to reboot to write and debug new versions, so
> you can have a kernel without minidump if you want, and I am sure
> there are others. More importantly, why not? Modules are good,
> staticially linked rarely used code is bad.
That sounds pretty awesome, keep it up!
./danfe ("modularize everything" proponent)
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