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Subject: Re: why not document load modules instead of recompiling kernel??
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sorry, this should have been addressed to the list, rather than you.
I once again pressed "reply" and forgot to enter the right "To" address

:))

On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Friedemann Becker wrote:

> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 21:12:42 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Friedemann Becker <zxmxy33@mail.uni-tuebingen.de>
> To: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@ofug.org>
> Cc: csujun@21cn.com, current@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: why not document load modules instead of recompiling kernel??
>
> hmm.....  ;-)
>
> [bitch] /boot/kernel> file /boot/kernel/dummynet.ko
> /boot/kernel/dummynet.ko: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386,
> version 1 (FreeBSD), not stripped
>
>
> most tasks can be done with kld, no need to recompile the kernel.
> it's much much easier so a source of less errors.
> I think too, kld should be mentioned appropriatly in the handbook. When
> reading, it seemes like rebuilding the kernel is the best (or only) way to
> configure the device drivers on the system, but I think in most cases,
> kldloading would be better.
> what else am I supposed to do with my modules?
>
> On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
>
> > Jun Su <csujun@yahoo.com> writes:
> > > However, kldload ipfw also works. Why there isn;t any
> > > words about this? Is loadable module not encourage?
> >
> > The module is built without any options (such as logging), and there
> > is no kld for divert sockets or dummynet.
>
>