Re: Auto kernel module loading

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:54:59 -0600 (MDT)
In message: <3E9EB7DF.4040104_at_tcoip.com.br>
            "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs_at_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
Received on Thu Apr 17 2003 - 17:55:34 UTC

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