"Daniel C. Sobral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> R Joseph Wright wrote:
> >
> > Since when? Any that I've ever needed had to be compiled into the
> > kernel.
>
> Since when is a tough question, but since 4.0, I think, for NICs, and
> certainly at least 3.x, maybe even 2.x, for fs.
cvs log ifc
Sorry, been working a strange schedule this week. By resources, I meant kernel
resources such as kmem space, from what I have been hearing though, it seems as
though the kernel does a lot this stuff already. I dunno, but someone else
posted awhile back about this, so I was still interested.
Mike
No, they are technically shareable, as long as you don't attept to
expect either of them at the software level to respond at a certain
time. This is why you can have COM2 and COM4 on the same interrupt in
windows or DOS, as long as you don't use them at the same time. The ISA
bus is a very simple
> * Mike Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000605 16:58] wrote:
> >
> > > Well, it would be nice to auto-load or unload any module that is needed.
> > > not just ethernet and fs types. That's basically the idea. Say, if you
> > > load a driver that uses some resources that another one can use while the
Would the person or person(s) interested in developing a kerneld-like, dynamic
module (un)loader for FreeBSD please email me. I am really interested in this.
It would be very advantageous to begin to move kld module use into the
mainstream for all components. I'd like to do what I can to help with
