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Date:      Thu, 19 Oct 2000 10:06:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel, modules
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010191005410.23501-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200010152132.e9FLWW109840@curve.dellroad.org>

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On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Archie Cobbs wrote:

> It's great now that we build all the KLD's at the same time
> that we build the kernel. The proliferation of KLD's is also
> good news.
> 
> But essentially now we're building everything twice.. which
> brings up a couple of questions..
> 
> 1. Should we be only building everything once, and then
>    construct "kernel" by linking together what are essentially
>    "pre-loaded" KLD's?

I believe this is the ultimate goal -- building a basic "kernel" module
and loading the driver KLDs as defined by the hints or bus probes.  

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org



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