Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:46:48 +0200 (MEST) From: "Stanley Jobson" <Stanley.Jobson@gmx.ch> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KLD technical docs Message-ID: <20878.1143697608@www080.gmx.net> References: <20060329190123.GQ7001@funkthat.com>
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> > > > for my master thesis i am looking for technical docs about > > > > dynamic linking esp. about the kernel dynamic linker facility. > > > > > > > > i found some good docs about dynamic linking in general but > > > > nothing about KLD/LKM. > > > > > > > > are there any technical docs on KLD? I read the short chapter > > > > in the arch handbook but thats not much info. > > > > > > > > i am interested in docs answering the following questions: > > > > - how does the dynamic loading and linking work for KLDs/LKMs? > > > > - does this anything has to do with libbfd, libdl or rtld? > > > > - how are dependencies handled? > > > > > > > > technical info to LKM and dynamic linking facility of the other > > > > BSDs would be also interesting :) > > > > > > The best technical doc is src/sys/kern/kern_linker.c... :) That > > > handles all the magic of SYSINIT's, sysctl's and the other magic of > > > kernel modules... > > > > sure ;-) ... but kinda low level ... so am i right that there is no > > higher level doc available ? > > Besides docs on how to write kld drivers, not really... > > A couple links I found on writing kld's: > http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200010/blueprints.html > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/driverbasics-kld.html > thank u - i know these docs - unfort. not really what i am looking for :( btw: i read somewhere that there was a discussion about KLD vs. LKM but i couldnt find the original (only citations). does anybody has a link? thx regards, stan -- Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft für 0,- Euro*! "Feel free" mit GMX DSL! http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl
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