Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 03:48:21 +0100 (CET) From: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, tlambert@primenet.com, wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New drivers and install floppy space Message-ID: <199812080248.DAA16612@ocean.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <199812072347.PAA00852@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Dec 7, 98 03:47:57 pm"
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According to Mike Smith: > > > This is actually fairly tough, as the entire ELF object is not loaded > > > in the first place. My preference is simply to track the driver(s) > > > that are loaded, and request the use re-provide the media from which > > > the driver was read when it comes time to copy it. > > > > Wouldn't the best and easiest solution here be something like this in > > the loader: save_drivers_in_ram = (total_ram_MB > 8); > > And if the variable is set, you just don't load the driver, you also > > store the complete file it was loaded from in a memory block which > > can then just be dumped to file. If you don't have enough memory to do > > that, you can ask for the disks again, instead. > > That sounds like a worthwhile optimisation, but since you need to > support asking for the disks, it's probably better to start with that > first. Ofcourse, it's an optimisation... So it's best to have something to optimize first... Just thought I'd get the idea public, so it's thought of later. :-) /Mikael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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