Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:40:38 +0100 From: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> To: Aman Sharma <satanmode@yahoo.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20010406094038.A46869@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010405183623.84853.qmail@web13201.mail.yahoo.com>; from satanmode@yahoo.com on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 11:36:23AM -0700 References: <20010405183623.84853.qmail@web13201.mail.yahoo.com>
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* Aman Sharma <satanmode@yahoo.com> [010405 19:37]: > i aim to make ufs run as a module on FreeBSD, which > surely would require a lot of serious kernel > code<-entry points. > -------------- pitfall -------------------- > 1. the system after boot will load the kernel image > into core from disc. > 2. kernel runs init. > 3. if init fails, then access to disk is'nt possible > as the filesystem module is not running. And if init *works*, how are you supposed to load your ufs module from disk? Speaking as someone who compiled IDE support as a module in a Linux kernel once, I don't recommend it. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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