Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:18:45 +0100 From: David Taylor <davidt@yadt.co.uk> To: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modularize kernel Message-ID: <20060910151845.GA79571@outcold.yadt.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <f126fae00609071953j445465d0w2d65b4c72a23e920@mail.gmail.com> References: <f126fae00609060912j4a8ec0c1sa12f59aa453e4cd9@mail.gmail.com> <f126fae00609062247n62aaf3d7tac8f3980eeb148fb@mail.gmail.com> <m27j0gqc7s.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <f126fae00609071953j445465d0w2d65b4c72a23e920@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 08 Sep 2006, Howard Su wrote: > On 9/7/06, gnn@freebsd.org <gnn@freebsd.org> wrote: > >At Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:47:46 +0800, > >Hello Howard, > > > >The monolithic vs. modularized kernel is an old discussion. If you're > >really interested in pursuing this you'll have a lot of work to do, > >mostly in figuring out explicitly all the implicit inter-module > >dependencies. Fascinating and fun, but you likely need a good reason > >to do it. > I listed the advantages I can think about. Can they convince you? They may convince people it is a good idea in principle. But until someone actually comes up with a solid plan showing how it can realistically be done in practice, nothing will happen. -- David Taylor
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