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Date:      Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:12:38 +0200
From:      Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
To:        "Dragon Fire" <dragonfire820@mediaone.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: KLDs vs static linking 
Message-ID:  <E16Dlm2-000AOu-00@pampa.cs.huji.ac.il>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 11 Dec 2001 06:26:09 -0500 .

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I use them - where possible - when i have the same kernel for different boxes
and i can configure the differences via klm's.

danny

> Hi Folks,
> 
> Hopefully a quick question.
> 
> Is there any reason to prefer KLD modules for drivers etc over static
> linking? For example, KLDs are covenient, loading and unloading for
> development but is it a case of using KLD modules for development then
> building drivers statically into the kernel when development is complete.Or
> is it a case of KLDs are now supported and are the preferred method of
> development moving forward. I've read the online KLD docs, developed the
> code and greped through kern_linker.c so I understand how to develop KLDs it
> but would like to supplement my understanding.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 
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