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Date:      16 Feb 1999 18:53:37 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 vm_machdep.c src/sys/kern          kern_linker.c kern_sysctl.c uipc_mbuf.c uipc_proto.c uipc_socket.c          uipc_usrreq.c vfs_init.c vfs_syscalls.c src/sys/net bridge.c          if_ethersubr.c if_mib.c src/sys/netinet icmp_var.h if_ether.c ...
Message-ID:  <xzpr9rq44m6.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Doug Rabson's message of "Tue, 16 Feb 1999 02:49:56 -0800 (PST)"
References:  <199902161049.CAA06158@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
>   Log:
>   * Change sysctl from using linker_set to construct its tree using SLISTs.
>     This makes it possible to change the sysctl tree at runtime.
>   
>   * Change KLD to find and register any sysctl nodes contained in the loaded
>     file and to unregister them when the file is unloaded.
>   
>   Reviewed by: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>,
>   	Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> (well they looked at it anyway)

Now, if some knowledgeable person would fix KLD unloading so the
memory occupied by the unloaded module is reclaimed for later use so
we can get rid of the splash code and preloaded image etc. when we go
multiuser... and maybe make it possible to discard sections of the
kernel... then we could move userconfig and the probe/attach code for
most drivers into a separate section which is discarded after boot.

Peter, I know you know how to fix this, cause you told me on IRC :)

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no

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