On Wed 2000-06-07 (08:48), Coleman Kane wrote:
> Well, a lot of drivers aren't modules yet. It was basically an idea to
> move the kernel more towards a modular implementation. There will be a
> large number of modules if all the drivers were to become modules. It
> may not be, say, to everyone's liking to manually load a good deal of
> those. Plus, there are many people who use FreeBSD for desktop or home
> situations and even those who don't know a extremely large amount
> about computer hardware and all. This would be a nice "option" to have
> for some.
If you're suggesting more modularity, that's great. You just confused
me by mentioning "kerneld". I'm all for more modules.
I still had problems with why you wanted a 'kerneld', but rwatson's
suggestions about security, pccardd, usbd, do make sense. I do like the
way the auto-ifconfig and auto-mount stuff works, though.
At the very least, I'd like a probe-only way to find out what devices
are available, given a bunch of device driver modules.
Neil
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