Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 21:12:26 -0700 From: kurto@tiny.mcs.usu.edu (Kurt Olsen) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: boottime device configuration Message-ID: <199412180412.VAA07410@tiny.mcs.usu.edu>
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I just had an interesting idea and thought I would get other people 's opinions. Now that there is the facility to reconfigure devices at boottime, why not have a /dev_config or something that would hold a list of device configurations. This was when a person changes how their hardware is setup, it won't require a full recompile. Plus for people not interested in recompiling a kernel, it would allow them to change the setup of the generic kernels. I'm not sure how difficult it would be to read a file, but this seems like it would be quite helpful. I was also thinking of moving many devices out to LKMs, but from reading Terry's reply, maybe that's not such a good idea. However if the devices were written correctly (ie. load at boot time and stay that way,) we could make a kernel that had minimal support and then provide a bunch of LKMs that could be loaded depending on a person's hardware. This would look really nice to people who didn't feel quite adept at building up a kernel. Plus make it really easy to do binary upgrades of different device drivers. Kurt Olsen
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