From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 13 10:11:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5382316A418 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:11:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from qpadla@gmail.com) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBD3E13C4A5 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:11:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from qpadla@gmail.com) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id i10so2007038mue for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:11:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=1DO7/qP6SlW2PAZL2FioJF636Y6CsAzlarL2PYr6yTY=; b=AUKqPJ7qDy29CMx0DqBd4mzHT4tUIVLW0TWs92GfPEfc/oC7hjTFl2HYImEw0nS2zjUwTgNf5QkGS3xTmiYaw0K+Fc5gKZcyhaDdAX9eiGj3bdI8nZxml92EwQL4FtECewxmo/hn37wfc01qiQAjXefAdyBuNZjBbMFyALwAaxY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=FsBFDvvG/aY+X0yo1B4QyJIccv23EaYirWZWyYbtHy7TodqNoubs/L4PdLVKgr5mfgP8tjuCichvfjpR9YSF8muBEuXc8cuq8WpHlZAe3Te79fPjl7O85qhLUj670PB37z9j+bbqCDGzrlMP3zdfPgNr2zO2t9YaEpB9acyDAgg= Received: by 10.82.119.17 with SMTP id r17mr1102556buc.1194948683307; Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:11:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from orion ( [89.162.141.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g8sm12641470muf.2007.11.13.02.11.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:11:22 -0800 (PST) From: Nikolay Pavlov To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:11:12 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <35f053b10711122236t7ce754eew69dd55144d5a144f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <35f053b10711122236t7ce754eew69dd55144d5a144f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1262937.Iz7DqJhs9d"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200711131211.17170.qpadla@gmail.com> Cc: Albert Meyburgh Subject: Re: monolithic X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: qpadla@gmail.com List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:11:34 -0000 --nextPart1262937.Iz7DqJhs9d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 13 November 2007 08:36:36 Albert Meyburgh wrote: > Hi, > > I read that freebsd is monolithic. Is that still true? > > If I wanted to add functionality like device drivers, or maybe my own > tcp/ip stack, (or maybe add the facility to allow modules) do I have > to download the entire source and add it in there? > > nothing available like a kernel module in linux? (which afaik you can > attach at runtime) > > > > also when I add packages using the ports system, then remove them, are > they completely gone or are there still random conf files / misc.. > laying around slowly bloating the hdd > > also is there a way to scan for unused packages somehow and list them > Hi Albert. Probably you should read this FAQ: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html And visit a documentation page: http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html. In any=20 case freebsd-questions is much better place to find an answer for such=20 questions. =2D-=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 =2D Best regards, Nikolay Pavlov. <<<----------------------------------- = =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 --nextPart1262937.Iz7DqJhs9d Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHOXhF/2R6KvEYGaIRAtbVAKDd1xWqyArt1/n5b/nUJa8R9Gmz7QCeNIri KLoKlcZRFqVlGLXjNfevkl0= =nKUu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1262937.Iz7DqJhs9d--