From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 7 11:39:21 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25EAC37B401 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:39:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail17.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C74F43F85 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:39:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 17976 invoked from network); 7 Mar 2003 19:39:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail17.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 7 Mar 2003 19:39:25 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h27JaFhT055408; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:36:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3E68F2B2.43FB7053@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 14:39:32 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Terry Lambert Subject: Re: A question about kernel modules Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Damien Tougas Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 07-Mar-2003 Terry Lambert wrote: > The GENERIC kernel is loaded from a CDROM controller BIOS faked-up > floppy drive, which is how CDROMs are able to boot. Even if all > other issues were resolved, this floppy image would be unable to > contain all the necessary modules. For the modules to be read off > the CDROM or other boot media, all the code in the module loading > path would have to be statically present (ISO9660 FS, ATA and SCSI > drivers, CDROM driver, etc., etc.). By including all the drivers > in the GENERIC kernel, it makes it much more likely that you will > b able to actually install FreeBSD in the first place. FreeBSD hasn't used the floppy-emulation mode of CD booting since 4.6. See /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/cdboot/cdboot.s and an El Torito standard for more details. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message