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Date:      Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:55:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Zoltan Sebestyen <sebesty@cs.elte.hu>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions mailinglist <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807105338.252B-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.93.970807191615.12698A-100000@konig>

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On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Zoltan Sebestyen wrote:

>  I'd like to know how can I use the atapi and wcd loadable kernel modules
> instead of the building them statically in the kernel, I mean what should
> I change in the kernel config file(I suppose that I should) and do these
> modules require any special treatment.

The LKM doesn't probe the drives as effectively as they do in the kernel,
and even that probe isn't very good. 
 
The driver doesn't use that much space anyway.  If you're concerned about
space rebuild your kernel and eliminate all the devices you don't use.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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