From owner-freebsd-commit Fri Dec 15 05:26:39 1995 Return-Path: owner-commit Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA21867 for freebsd-commit-outgoing; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 05:26:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA21853 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 05:26:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA21842 for cvs-user-outgoing; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 05:26:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from ra.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de (ra.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de [134.169.246.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA21674 Fri, 15 Dec 1995 05:23:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from achill [134.169.34.18] by ra.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de (8.6.10/tubsibr) with ESMTP id LAA15978; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 11:56:09 +0100 Received: from petri@localhost by achill.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de (8.6.10/tubsibr) id LAA00802; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 11:56:04 +0100 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 11:56:04 +0100 From: Stefan Petri Message-Id: <199512151056.LAA00802@achill.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> To: phk@critter.tfs.com CC: peter@jhome.DIALix.COM, p.richards@elsevier.co.uk, bde@zeta.org.au, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-user@freefall.freebsd.org, phk@freefall.freebsd.org In-reply-to: Poul-Henning Kamp's message of Fri, 15 Dec 1995 11:07:38 +0100 <6589.819022058@critter.tfs.com> Subject: Modularity vs overhead [cvs commit: src/lkm/gnufpu Makefile] Reply-to: petri@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Sender: owner-commit@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hi! > Will this make the kernel smaller? and/or faster? I see the danger > that the dynamic driver loading will so much overhead that we end up > with a kernel as big as e.g. S*laris 2.x ... Poul> It is a necessary step to get the kernel even more modular. Yes, but will that gain real functionality / performance, besides getting more-pleasntly-to-look-at sources? If I wanted a really fashionable modular self configuring plaug and play kernel, I would more probably go to Solaris or Bill Gates or whatever ... Stefan