Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 11:43:07 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, bde@zeta.org.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unloading LKMs (was Re: A Desparate Plea for Help...) Message-ID: <199704301843.LAA02480@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970430081033.13137F-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> from "Doug Rabson" at Apr 30, 97 08:19:12 am
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> The important point is that there is *no difference* between the dynamic > and statically loaded version of a driver. I can go into a > /sys/compile/FOO directory and construct loadable modules from the same > object files. Yes. This has always been one of the major design goals, and Doug is a stud for having finally sat down and achieved it. It was always known that it would take a kernel linker to do this, FWIW. Kudos to Doug. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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