From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 07:02:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB0FC16A41A for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:02:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ameyburgh@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6520313C4AA for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:02:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ameyburgh@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so1013730nzf for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:01:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=YgPSbYSiYA6WDlFbPLCDcZwZPBsPBkEFslHbbLdmBbs=; b=lsC6SCKfYt74jeMU33sm3Wt6lZlNZw4OUoe00dOeZvm6GFdqIipsdN1zVsmC7FzL6U/O+cW8VHJHN2C3+EIDmcifaHh9hDY5jnByKNFJ+LFS25Gp1ERRa/jJPVt7ja9nS8ZcIzO2QCZF4+J0hTnsiVZPwm5ufgDQQwhadolA5w0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=Q9OmD013oku4l8N1sT9E8dJPAEetKBIErYwsQB1RTlt11bmGz8yTpx4CTGCFvmXQ3oPEYsIaTKmt8wI/51nC1nwjGhHa6BmQTtpIwhmmgbs9AT28Pis8KDj9qTRA6PnkfOJJpE8bCTaw+Q73FjRh0SvRVq6skPQIpa9iZSb30cA= Received: by 10.142.222.21 with SMTP id u21mr1081669wfg.1194935796367; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:36:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.217.19 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:36:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <35f053b10711122236t7ce754eew69dd55144d5a144f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:36:36 -0800 From: "Albert Meyburgh" To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: monolithic X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:02:00 -0000 Hi, I read that freebsd is monolithic. Is that still true? If I wanted to add functionality like device drivers, or maybe my own tcp/ip stack, (or maybe add the facility to allow modules) do I have to download the entire source and add it in there? nothing available like a kernel module in linux? (which afaik you can attach at runtime) also when I add packages using the ports system, then remove them, are they completely gone or are there still random conf files / misc.. laying around slowly bloating the hdd also is there a way to scan for unused packages somehow and list them thanks a lot