From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 10 08:07:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02DB7106566B for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:07:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from naylor.b.david@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83DFE8FC08 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:07:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so3462788ewy.3 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:07:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:organization:to:subject :date:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=w/ural3+rRaY4S/0vl0cqVFvvoByn5JuP7tqttmaQ04=; b=F+K9si+eN1qVt3GXtOXmVaGwdhr5xxUrCiqfj7F/kuCAH+2lv6mltblWJmLGXW7uFa BkvDYzKfaG1kO5MQV9lwIiBXkpZ4JatLHGjktnGYor12u7O3rGS/dlMvP0pDL1grvn64 fCc5w9sanEKowEPBPC4EytYFHWOf7XH0lGk28= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:organization:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=wbQU3Nakaf5bXdPWku0dcBItHoqgrxs5Ts0QTSLtXQNuhls73c58dI9liHRGvbojNI kWLSdqEw3rB/fRBW604EM8Vq/XsSHN58V+lmkmNbnXdP/iKCuo6mSTShN1fGDKe2vE5/ p+Zmv/UdyL5eVdFeo2rVGfDBJJ8tzGkVcEX9M= Received: by 10.213.100.217 with SMTP id z25mr2218927ebn.88.1260430737240; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:38:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.dg ([41.0.54.28]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 28sm1364211eyg.4.2009.12.09.23.38.55 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:38:56 -0800 (PST) From: David Naylor Organization: Private To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:39:03 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.3 (FreeBSD/8.0-PRERELEASE; KDE/4.3.3; amd64; ; ) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1310394.lN7RTTZLqu"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200912100939.07116.naylor.b.david@gmail.com> Subject: Monolithic vs Modular Kernel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:07:31 -0000 --nextPart1310394.lN7RTTZLqu Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, What are the pros and cons of building a stripped down kernel and loading a= ll=20 the missing parts via modules (such that you end up with the same=20 functionality as generic kernel) vs having a kernel with all the modules bu= ilt=20 in?=20 Also, is there anyway to detect if there are hardware without drivers (such= as=20 a sound card without any snd_ loaded) and to detect the type of device (e.g= =2E=20 network, usb, sound, graphics)? Lastly, is there any way to determine what 'modules' a kernel is build with? Regards, David --nextPart1310394.lN7RTTZLqu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAksgpZsACgkQUaaFgP9pFrLQ6QCcDOUmNUueK5DKITzE7B0aQ/7m hIwAn0f5k3n9UAc7QyW/JG2Eo71mPNCF =Twpg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1310394.lN7RTTZLqu--