Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 22:35:15 -0700 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@mammalia.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kerneld for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000604223515.A54323@manatee.mammalia.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006042206120.36703-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>; from kris@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 10:06:48PM -0700 References: <20000604220526.B54194@manatee.mammalia.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006042206120.36703-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 10:06:48PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, R Joseph Wright wrote: > > > > Maybe you should take a look in /modules sometime :-) > > > > > Most of the ones I've needed, like ext2fs or the xl ethernet driver > > haven't had modules. The cool thing about kerneld is that it loads > > them automatically. > > The point you've missed is that under FreeBSD modules are (can be) loaded > on demand by the *kernel* when they're not compiled in. So, for example, I can recompile without the xl driver and the kld will automagically load when I reboot? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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