Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:29:15 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel loader Message-ID: <20020221172915.GB8086@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020221063914.U48401@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <20020221131541.GA6721@raggedclown.net> <20020221063914.U48401@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 06:39:15AM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 02:15:41PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Well, I tried this out in -hackers, and got a couple of mono-syllabic > > replies, but no-one answered my question. So I will try it here. > > > > The kernel loader code has mechanisms to implant dependencies in the > > module code, e.g. if module A requires module B, then you can build > > this knowledge into module A. > > > > Now I do not believe that if you load module A, then module B is > > automagically loaded as well. > > [snip] > > > I am looking for the > > same functionality in FreeBSD. I do not believe it exists. > > > > Can anyone confirm this, or refute it. > > I can confirm that module dependencies work fine on -CURRENT. Not so > sure about -STABLE. And if it does not, what the MFC status is. Ok. Thanks. I wonder why no-one in hackers didn't just say that. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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