Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 14:51:20 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net> Cc: Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@dsuper.net>, void <float@firedrake.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kerneld for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000607145120.A26432@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <20000607084842.C11781@cokane.yi.org>; from cokane@one.net on Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 08:48:42AM -0400 References: <20000607013058.A32270@firedrake.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006070059290.2618-100000@jehovah.technokratis.com> <20000607014353.A10364@cokane.yi.org> <20000607124949.A25014@mithrandr.moria.org> <20000607084842.C11781@cokane.yi.org>
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On Wed 2000-06-07 (08:48), Coleman Kane wrote: > Well, a lot of drivers aren't modules yet. It was basically an idea to > move the kernel more towards a modular implementation. There will be a > large number of modules if all the drivers were to become modules. It > may not be, say, to everyone's liking to manually load a good deal of > those. Plus, there are many people who use FreeBSD for desktop or home > situations and even those who don't know a extremely large amount > about computer hardware and all. This would be a nice "option" to have > for some. If you're suggesting more modularity, that's great. You just confused me by mentioning "kerneld". I'm all for more modules. I still had problems with why you wanted a 'kerneld', but rwatson's suggestions about security, pccardd, usbd, do make sense. I do like the way the auto-ifconfig and auto-mount stuff works, though. At the very least, I'd like a probe-only way to find out what devices are available, given a bunch of device driver modules. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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