Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:11:29 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: dg@root.com, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kld and on demand device loading Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9812291405560.1813-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199812290702.AAA24239@harmony.village.org>
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On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <199812290652.WAA20403@implode.root.com> David Greenman writes: > > The automatic on-demand driver loading has always been our goal with > > loadable modules. Unloading is more tricky and may be undesirable in > > certain circumstances. Memory is also cheap enough that unloading isn't > > a very high priority. ...not that I'd be anything less than enthusiastic > > to see it implemented, though. > > For the short term, should I hack pccardd to automatically try to load > a module that it doesn't know about? Or should there be a more > comprehensive plan in place before making such a quick hack? > > It would be nice to have a fairly stockish kernel, and have modules > that I want to debug loaded and unloaded as I hack on them. It would > be even nicer if they weren't part of the normal kernel, and that they > were loaded automatically when I inserted the card... Please go ahead and make some experiments in this area. I'm currently working on shifting PCI into the new-bus system and I've got a brand new Tecra 8000 to play with, so hopefully I can make some progress with cardbus soon too. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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