Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 11:41:44 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel driver source installer? Message-ID: <199701220111.LAA10407@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199701220051.RAA20491@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jan 21, 97 05:51:39 pm"
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > Nowere near good enough, Terry. Try "you should be able to build the > > driver standalone, throw it into the kernel's linkage path and > > reboot". > > Uh, why should you have to reboot? The act of placing the driver object > in the directory should place it in your kernel... I'm assuming ISA isn't going to evaporate overnight. Probing for ISA devices on a running system is akin to pissing on an electric fence. > > But while I'm thinking and trying to work in that direction, it's > > nowhere near reality, and that's what I have to deal with at the moment, > > hence a script that reflects reality rather than some unrealised ideal. > > If you keep making these things easy without a real soloution, > where is the "squeaky wheel" incentive for a real soloution? 8-) 8-). I thought your position was self-evident? > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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