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Date:      Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:54:59 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        dcs@tcoip.com.br
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Auto kernel module loading
Message-ID:  <20030417.205459.78025666.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <3E9EB7DF.4040104@tcoip.com.br>
References:  <200304171136.57515.agh@tpg.com.au> <3E9EB7DF.4040104@tcoip.com.br>

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In message: <3E9EB7DF.4040104@tcoip.com.br>
            "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br> writes:
: Plan once was for loader to identify the PNP IDs and load the 
: appropriate modules. What the appropriate modules were would be infered 
: from a configuration file.
: 
: I think Mike decided that wasn't such a good idea after all, but I 
: wasn't much in touch with FreeBSD at the time, so I remember it only 
: vaguely.

Yes.  My plan is to make devd deal with most of the problem...  You'll
still need to compile / device into your kernel, however.

Warner



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