Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 16:46:53 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old KLD bug.. Message-ID: <199911070046.QAA08334@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 06 Nov 1999 16:38:38 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911061635430.10573-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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> > If I have a KLD module that has a registered dependency on some other > module, > then when I load the forst module it will load the second. > this is all well and good but it ALWYA loads it, > even when it's already in the kernel.. > > if kldstat can see it, then surely the loading modules should be able to > work it out. > > This has been partly fixed in -current (it loads but doesn't link) > but in 3.x it actually links the new one over the existing one, > which is kinda wrong.. > > Is there anyone that understands this stuff that has an idea of ho to fix > this? Yes. See my posts previously on making the distinction between 'file' and 'module'. You've just acquired some new programming talent there; I'm sure I could dope out enough of what was worked out last time we talked about this to give her something to work on. 8) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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