Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 01:39:04 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel module options Was: Re: Fw: help me!!!! Message-ID: <200107200839.f6K8d4V01460@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Jul 2001 22:08:38 PDT." <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107192158460.26208-100000@smtp.gnf.org>
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> 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.
--
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rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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