Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:47:59 +0100 (MET) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: van.woerkom@netcologne.de, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, forrie@forrie.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KLD - what's the idea? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.981202094734.371h-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <199812012346.PAA01088@dingo.cdrom.com>
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> > What are the (rough) plans for this mechanism? > > Convert the entire kernel into an aggregation of KLD modules. Stick > them together in interesting and versatile ways (eg. at build time to > create a monolithic kernel, or at runtime to load/unload drivers, etc.). ... unload probe/init code when it is no longer needed. Nick -- ISIS/STA, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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