Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:12:16 -0300 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Auto kernel module loading Message-ID: <3EA531A0.3060209@tcoip.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20030417.205459.78025666.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200304171136.57515.agh@tpg.com.au> <3E9EB7DF.4040104@tcoip.com.br> <20030417.205459.78025666.imp@bsdimp.com>
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M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <3E9EB7DF.4040104@tcoip.com.br>
> "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> writes:
> : Plan once was for loader to identify the PNP IDs and load the
> : appropriate modules. What the appropriate modules were would be infered
> : from a configuration file.
> :
> : I think Mike decided that wasn't such a good idea after all, but I
> : wasn't much in touch with FreeBSD at the time, so I remember it only
> : vaguely.
>
> Yes. My plan is to make devd deal with most of the problem... You'll
> still need to compile / device into your kernel, however.
Mmmm? The point is having a minimal kernel.ko. If you still have to
compile the device in the kernel, it does nothing at all to reach the
desired goal.
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