Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 12:39:08 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: langfod@maui.net, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, phk@critter.tfs.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building a "custom" release of 2.1.0 Message-ID: <199601171939.MAA03120@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <13646.821871043@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jan 17, 96 01:30:43 am
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> > Would it be possible to go LKM happy with a kernel and ask what drivers > > to use? > > This is not a new idea. :-) For instance, AIX, Solaris, and Linux all do this already, though the Linux code is alpha quality (IMO). > However, there are lot of issues to solve to really make this work. Depending on boot criticality of the devices to be loaded, of course. > You'll note something called `devfs' in -current which was/is/could be > part of our great hope in solving some of those issues. Contestant: "I'll take 'b', Richard..." *ding* Richard: "Number one answer, "is", on the board!" > The only problem with devfs is that the author is never happy with it > and starts re-writing it from the beginning again before ever finishing > any of the previous versions. :-) None of us *ever* do that, Jordan... *bzzzzzzzt* Richard: "Oh, sorry! Not there... and the question goes to the Elisher family..." Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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