According to Freddie Cash on Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:32:11AM -0700: > Mostly off-topic for this thread, but improving the boot process to > auto-detect hardware and auto-load kernel modules would be really nice. > That way, GENERIC would be very small, with just the basic frameworks > required (CAM, USB, PCI, TCP/IP, etc), and all the actual drivers would be > loaded from modules. That would remove almost all requirements to compile > a custom kernel in the first place. :) > > Granted, changing "options" in the kernel would require recompilation, but > general use and hardware changes wouldn't.
That's what Solaris has been doing for years and yes, it does make a lot of sense. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- robe...@keltia.net In memoriam to Ondine, our 2nd child: http://ondine.keltia.net/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
