From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 21 17:13:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA29202 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:13:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA29196 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 17:13:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id LAA10407; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 11:41:45 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701220111.LAA10407@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Kernel driver source installer? In-Reply-To: <199701220051.RAA20491@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jan 21, 97 05:51:39 pm" To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 11:41:44 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, terry@lambert.org, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > Nowere near good enough, Terry. Try "you should be able to build the > > driver standalone, throw it into the kernel's linkage path and > > reboot". > > Uh, why should you have to reboot? The act of placing the driver object > in the directory should place it in your kernel... I'm assuming ISA isn't going to evaporate overnight. Probing for ISA devices on a running system is akin to pissing on an electric fence. > > But while I'm thinking and trying to work in that direction, it's > > nowhere near reality, and that's what I have to deal with at the moment, > > hence a script that reflects reality rather than some unrealised ideal. > > If you keep making these things easy without a real soloution, > where is the "squeaky wheel" incentive for a real soloution? 8-) 8-). I thought your position was self-evident? > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[