From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 2 21:23:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA13770 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 21:23:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA13762 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 21:23:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1/Spinner) with ESMTP id NAA21942; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 13:21:44 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199811030521.NAA21942@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Brian Feldman cc: John Hay , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting Elf Kernel In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 02 Nov 1998 19:36:27 EST." Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 13:21:43 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brian Feldman wrote: > Ahhhh, that's where it is! I have no good idea on how to allow, with this > code, lkm's and kld's to coexist.... so is it time to completely phase out > lkm's yet? I think the best way is to have mount(2) initiate a kldload if needed. We will need this functionality sooner or later. If mount(2) does it, we can garbage collect unused, unmounted filesystems after a while and unload them. > Brian Feldman > > On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, John Hay wrote: > > > > Be sure to let me know when ELF kernels can autoload kld modules like the > > > current a.out kernel does with lkm's. > > > > It's not the kernel that loads them. Go and look in lib/libc/gen/getvfsent. c > > > > John > > -- > > John Hay -- John.Hay@mikom.csir.co.za > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm Netplex Consulting "No coffee, No workee!" :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message