From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 11 4:12:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from cs.huji.ac.il (cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B19937B417 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 04:12:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from pampa.cs.huji.ac.il ([132.65.80.32] ident=exim) by cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16Dlm3-0007bu-00; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:12:39 +0200 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=pampa.cs.huji.ac.il ident=danny) by pampa.cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #2) id 16Dlm2-000AOu-00; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:12:38 +0200 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "Dragon Fire" Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: KLDs vs static linking In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 11 Dec 2001 06:26:09 -0500 . Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:12:38 +0200 From: Danny Braniss Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I use them - where possible - when i have the same kernel for different boxes and i can configure the differences via klm's. danny > Hi Folks, > > Hopefully a quick question. > > Is there any reason to prefer KLD modules for drivers etc over static > linking? For example, KLDs are covenient, loading and unloading for > development but is it a case of using KLD modules for development then > building drivers statically into the kernel when development is complete.Or > is it a case of KLDs are now supported and are the preferred method of > development moving forward. I've read the online KLD docs, developed the > code and greped through kern_linker.c so I understand how to develop KLDs it > but would like to supplement my understanding. > > Thanks in advance, > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message