Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 11:15:25 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel driver source installer? Message-ID: <199701220045.LAA09939@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199701212129.OAA20055@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Jan 21, 97 02:29:27 pm"
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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > Sure, but you still have to edit _something_ in that directory. The idea > > behind putting it in files.i386 is that you can then generate as many > > different configs as you like; the driver effectively becomes part of > > the tree proper, until you rip it out again. > > Ideally, only the directory contents would need to be edited. <sigh>. 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". 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. > 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 [[
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