From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 30 19:47:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA02388 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 19:47:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA02360 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 19:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nyx.pr.mcs.net (nyx.pr.mcs.net [204.95.55.81]) by who.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id KAA06309 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 10:28:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nyx.pr.mcs.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyx.pr.mcs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA23345; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:29:41 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199704301729.MAA23345@nyx.pr.mcs.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Ben Black cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unloading LKMs (was Re: A Desparate Plea for Help...) In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:41:50 -0400. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 12:29:40 -0500 From: Chris Csanady Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >welcome to solaris. Are you implying that this is a *bad* thing? >On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Chris Csanady wrote: > >> >> >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. >> >> How about a statically loaded version of the kernel? I mean, will it now >> be nothing more than an aggregate of some modules? It would be nice if >> all there were were modules, and to make yourself a kernel, you just >> had to stick them together.. >> >> --Chris Csanady >> >> >-- >> >Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com >> >Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 >> > >> >> >>