Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 14:22:54 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: terry@lambert.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A new Kernel Module System Message-ID: <199703311922.OAA16298@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199703311834.NAA04015@bacardi.torrentnet.com> References: <199703311712.KAA09639@phaeton.artisoft.com> <199703311834.NAA04015@bacardi.torrentnet.com>
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> In article <199703311712.KAA09639@phaeton.artisoft.com> Terry writes: >>> >This is a hack brought on because the loader is not in kernel space. >>> >This was a policy decision by the FreeBSD core team. >>> >>> It was? I've always advocated for the linker to be in the kernel and >>> I don't recall any other core member disagreeing. The reality from my >>> point of view is that this is simply the way we got the code from you. >> >> Garrett disagreed; this is not to say that he didn't have good reasons, >> but I believe the benefits outweigh the additional size and other >> issues which he raises. Please don't put words into my mouth. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick
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