Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:48:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Kernel module options Was: Re: Fw: help me!!!! Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107202247290.26208-100000@smtp.gnf.org> In-Reply-To: <200107200839.f6K8d4V01460@mass.dis.org>
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Mike Smith wrote: > > 3) Steal an idea from Linux (gasp!), and have module dependencies. ie, > > load ipfw.ko and then before we load up natd, we check to see if > > ipdivert.ko is loaded and load it. Alternatively, loading ipdivert.ko > > (before loading ipfw.ko), will automagically load ipfw.ko since ipfw is > > needed to get divert running. > > We've had this support for a long time already; module authors just > aren't taking advantage of it. Is this documented anywhere? If so, can you toss a pointer? I'd be interested in learning a little kernel hacking, and I can't imagine this would be *that* hard to implement. -gordon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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