Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 12:06:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some thoughts and ideas, and quirks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970804120447.318C-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199708041636.JAA04158@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > That brings me to another thought or 5 ;) . What about an rc.modules? > > Why not a /kern/modules instead, and use opendir() to iterate them, > and demand load them when necessary? I don't see a reason for rc.* > based loading if demand-loading works... That sounds like a great idea. Whatever works. > > However the uid > > filesystem thing does need to be statically compiled as does ext2, both > > typos in the lint, and man pages, etc. > > No. Those are typos in the uid and ext2 FS code, not typos in LINT > or the man pages. Don't confuse bugs with policy. Well bugs, typos or whatever, they still prevent them from being made into lkms. However I still don't see an ext2fs lkm or mount_ext2fs program (unless it's hiding from me), and mount -t ext2fs did need the kernel directive so afaic that's not really a typo. - alex
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