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Date:      Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:00:35 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Cc:        Carl <k0802647@telus.net>
Subject:   Re: listing all modules compiled into a kernel instance
Message-ID:  <201103010800.35666.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <198718A4-4A82-4FDB-A8F6-400F132A649E@gsoft.com.au>
References:  <4D6C78D3.5090803@telus.net> <198718A4-4A82-4FDB-A8F6-400F132A649E@gsoft.com.au>

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On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 6:49:17 am Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> 
> On 01/03/2011, at 15:10, Carl wrote:
> > Kernel drivers can be (and in at least one case are) compiled into the kernel but are not reported when queried for, at least not in a way that 
I am aware of. For example, the ucom driver is present in the GENERIC kernel in this way. My expectation was that "kldstat -v" would list it, if 
present, but it does not. A design flaw?
> 
> Sounds like a bug, but I'm not sure where..
> 
> Maybe ucom doesn't appear because it doesn't have a DRIVER_MODULE() declaration (because it isn't a driver).

Yes, that would explain it.

-- 
John Baldwin



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