On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:53:50 +0530 Daniel Rodrick <daniel.rodr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello List, > > I'm a newbie and coming from Linux background, and am trying to learn > FreeBSD now. The first thing I find a little confusing is that the > final FreeBSD kernel image is shown as a DYNAMICALLY LINKED binary: > > $ > $ pwd > /boot/kernel > $ > $ file kernel > kernel: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), > dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped > $ > > How can the kernel image use shared libraries? And which ones does it > use, if any? > > Also, I cannot find out the libraries the image uses using the > traditional ldd command: > > $ ldd kernel > kernel: > kernel: signal 6 > $ > > Can some please throw some light? > file is confused. FreeBSD uses a monolithic kernel and no shared libraries are involved. However, it is possible to dynamically load modules using kldload. See the appropriate man page. -- Gary Jennejohn _______________________________________________ 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"
