Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:15:28 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org, ru@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/i386 drivers.conf Message-ID: <3D3F5F40.AC5A33EF@mindspring.com> References: <20020705005426Y.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20020724173037.GE87477@sunbay.com> <20020725032910A.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> <20020724.184701.17239163.imp@bsdimp.com>
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"M. Warner Losh" wrote: > I've noticed that some of the older cam drivers are about all that is > in the way of making CAM truly loadable. By that I mean having a > kernel with all supported devices that aren't loadable forces CAM to > be in the kernel because some of the SCSI devices aren't (yet) > loadable. However, that's relatively easy to fix. I've noticed that the fact that I boot from a CDROM or a SCSI hard drive is in the way of making CAM loadable. 8-) 8-). Anything in the boot path needs to be static, by definition, or you face the Catch-22 of needing to load the driver in order to be able to load the driver. ...This wouldn't be a problem, if VM86 supported disk I/O, and you could replace drivers on the fly... -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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