Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:29:10 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth), doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor), freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How about building modules along with the kernel? Message-ID: <200004270629.XAA00679@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Apr 2000 18:40:13 -0000." <200004261840.LAA06879@usr09.primenet.com>
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> > > The loader can (and does) already read UFS.. > > > > > > It can read files in and load them into arbitarily named sections in the > > > kernel, and other good things :) > > > > But what about JFS, E2FS, KFS, etc. ? > > Historical UNIX implementations have handled this with a > flat filesystem, usually called "stand", where the kernel and > any modules needed to access the locally instantiated filesystem > implementations are installed. > > NT's boot loader approaches this the same way, though their > "stand" is actually a FAT partition. We have this already; it's called /, and the format is UFS. If you want to get really anal, change the module search path to include somewhere under /boot, and make that a FAT filesystem (we support those as well). The reason that these other systems use a separate filesystem of a simpler type is that their bootloaders are _lame_. Ours isn't, and it doesn't need a new filesystem type just to cater to its' braindeath. Either use FAT or UFS, or teach the loader (libstand) about your new filesystem types. If you're going to implement a filesystem for FreeBSD, writing loader support for it is just about the most trivial part - probably on par with the manpage. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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