Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 21:11:19 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: tlambert2@mindspring.com Cc: matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org, ru@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/i386 drivers.conf Message-ID: <20020724.211119.104032694.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <3D3F5F40.AC5A33EF@mindspring.com> References: <20020725032910A.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20020724.184701.17239163.imp@bsdimp.com> <3D3F5F40.AC5A33EF@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" wrote:
: > I've noticed that some of the older cam drivers are about all that is
: > in the way of making CAM truly loadable. By that I mean having a
: > kernel with all supported devices that aren't loadable forces CAM to
: > be in the kernel because some of the SCSI devices aren't (yet)
: > loadable. However, that's relatively easy to fix.
:
: I've noticed that the fact that I boot from a CDROM or a SCSI
: hard drive is in the way of making CAM loadable. 8-) 8-).
No it isn't. so long as the boot blocks can read the from the
cdrom/scsi, you load the driver at boot time. That's not a barrier to
entry. Honest, I've done it.
Warner
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