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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 2003 03:07:37 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Auto kernel module loading
Message-ID:  <xzp3ck8em92.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <3E9EB7DF.4040104@tcoip.com.br> ("Daniel C. Sobral"'s message of "Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:19:11 -0300")
References:  <200304171136.57515.agh@tpg.com.au> <3E9EB7DF.4040104@tcoip.com.br>

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"Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> writes:
> Plan once was for loader to identify the PNP IDs and load the
> appropriate modules. What the appropriate modules were would be
> infered from a configuration file.

You can't do it in the loader.  It would have to scan the PCI bus,
properly set up all bridges etc. to discover all devices.  Keep going
in that direction and you end up with a complete kernel instead of a
minimal loader.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org



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