Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 00:42:41 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kerneld for FreeBSD Message-ID: <394091E1.F93783BF@softweyr.com> References: <200006090323.UAA01210@mass.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote:
> >
> > The issue is with really small ram embedded systems.
> > Making things CAPABLE of being small is different from making
> > them dynamicly loadable.
>
> Nobody in their right mind is going to produce a "really small ram"
> embedded system that features the sort of nondeterminism that
> "automatically" (read 'randomly') unloading modules would involve.
Actually, embedded programmers are more likely to link everything in
the kernel so they don't have to worry about calling drivers that aren't
loaded. A pretty conservative lot, in general.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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