Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 13:36:24 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bus/Processor specific I/O methods - was Re: Beginning SPARC port Message-ID: <199712152036.NAA23973@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Dec 1997 18:50:36 %2B1100." <199712150750.XAA01781@hub.freebsd.org> References: <199712150750.XAA01781@hub.freebsd.org>
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In message <199712150750.XAA01781@hub.freebsd.org> Darren Reed writes: : someone has nuked all your modules, you can still get up into single user : mode. That is a major problem on Solaris machines I do development on here. If you have bugs in the device driver you are working on, it is often the case that files critical to the booting of the system aren't there and it is time to grab the cdrom and boot off of it to repair the damage (or in extreme cases to reinstall the OS). That said, it sure is nice being able to load/unload drivers all the time w/o muich hassle. Warner
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