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Date:      Wed, 30 Apr 1997 11:43:07 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson)
Cc:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, bde@zeta.org.au, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unloading LKMs (was Re: A Desparate Plea for Help...)
Message-ID:  <199704301843.LAA02480@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970430081033.13137F-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> from "Doug Rabson" at Apr 30, 97 08:19:12 am

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> The important point is that there is *no difference* between the dynamic
> and statically loaded version of a driver.  I can go into a
> /sys/compile/FOO directory and construct loadable modules from the same
> object files.

Yes.  This has always been one of the major design goals, and Doug is
a stud for having finally sat down and achieved it.  It was always
known that it would take a kernel linker to do this, FWIW.  Kudos
to Doug.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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