Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 08:03:28 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Brian Feldman <green@zone.syracuse.net>, John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting Elf Kernel Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811030759560.300-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199811030521.NAA21942@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Peter Wemm wrote: > Brian Feldman wrote: > > Ahhhh, that's where it is! I have no good idea on how to allow, with this > > code, lkm's and kld's to coexist.... so is it time to completely phase out > > lkm's yet? > > I think the best way is to have mount(2) initiate a kldload if needed. We > will need this functionality sooner or later. If mount(2) does it, we can > garbage collect unused, unmounted filesystems after a while and unload > them. Peter, you once told me that the new elf kernel has both aout and elf linkers in it. Does an elf kernel have the ability to load lkm modules, not the .ko things? If so, then the mount stuff is going to need to know which kind of module to hunt for, to load, right? Or, if they both work, maybe find both, and load the newest? With maybe a kld bias for a tiebreaker? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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