From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 6 1:40:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3F0737B424 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 01:40:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rasputin@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14lRnL-000JJ9-00; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:40:39 +0100 Received: (from rasputin@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f368ec646897; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:40:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from rasputin) Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:40:38 +0100 From: Rasputin To: Aman Sharma Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20010406094038.A46869@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Reply-To: Rasputin References: <20010405183623.84853.qmail@web13201.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010405183623.84853.qmail@web13201.mail.yahoo.com>; from satanmode@yahoo.com on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 11:36:23AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Aman Sharma [010405 19:37]: > i aim to make ufs run as a module on FreeBSD, which > surely would require a lot of serious kernel > code<-entry points. > -------------- pitfall -------------------- > 1. the system after boot will load the kernel image > into core from disc. > 2. kernel runs init. > 3. if init fails, then access to disk is'nt possible > as the filesystem module is not running. And if init *works*, how are you supposed to load your ufs module from disk? Speaking as someone who compiled IDE support as a module in a Linux kernel once, I don't recommend it. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message