Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:00:39 +0530 From: "Desai, Kashyap" <Kashyap.Desai@lsi.com> To: "freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org" <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Cc: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@freebsd.org>, "McConnell, Stephen" <Stephen.McConnell@lsi.com> Subject: Default policy for Driver is inbuilt in kernel image Message-ID: <B2FD678A64EAAD45B089B123FDFC3ED75E6915AD43@inbmail01.lsi.com> In-Reply-To: <B2FD678A64EAAD45B089B123FDFC3ED75E6915ABF7@inbmail01.lsi.com> References: <B2FD678A64EAAD45B089B123FDFC3ED75E68FD6158@inbmail01.lsi.com> <20130121170529.GA64188@nargothrond.kdm.org> <B2FD678A64EAAD45B089B123FDFC3ED75E68FD616E@inbmail01.lsi.com> <B2FD678A64EAAD45B089B123FDFC3ED75E68FD6296@inbmail01.lsi.com> <20130205211642.GA75343@nargothrond.kdm.org> <B2FD678A64EAAD45B089B123FDFC3ED75E6915ABF7@inbmail01.lsi.com>
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Hi, Why Driver module in FreeBSD is inbuilt in kernel image. ? Is it possible to keep Drives out of inbuilt kernel image and provide loada= ble modules. ? E.a I want to submit change in GENERIC as below. (remove mfi driver from li= st so that make kernel will only build mfi but will not be part of kernel i= mage) Along with below change add "mfi_load=3D"YES"" in /boot/default/loader.conf= . Index: GENERIC =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 --- GENERIC (revision 248178) +++ GENERIC (working copy) @@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM) device ida # Compaq Smart RAID -device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS +#device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS device mlx # Mylex DAC960 family #XXX pointer/int warnings #device pst # Promise Supertrak SX6000 I am just worried, if there is any reason not to provide driver module as l= oadable option in FreeBSD ? If there is not harm, I would like to post next patch which will do as desc= ribed. Thanks, Kashyap
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