From owner-freebsd-current Mon Mar 31 11:22:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA04483 for current-outgoing; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:22:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.0.193]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA04470 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 11:22:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA16298; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 14:22:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 14:22:54 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199703311922.OAA16298@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: terry@lambert.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A new Kernel Module System In-Reply-To: <199703311834.NAA04015@bacardi.torrentnet.com> References: <199703311712.KAA09639@phaeton.artisoft.com> <199703311834.NAA04015@bacardi.torrentnet.com> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > In article <199703311712.KAA09639@phaeton.artisoft.com> Terry writes: >>> >This is a hack brought on because the loader is not in kernel space. >>> >This was a policy decision by the FreeBSD core team. >>> >>> It was? I've always advocated for the linker to be in the kernel and >>> I don't recall any other core member disagreeing. The reality from my >>> point of view is that this is simply the way we got the code from you. >> >> Garrett disagreed; this is not to say that he didn't have good reasons, >> but I believe the benefits outweigh the additional size and other >> issues which he raises. Please don't put words into my mouth. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick