Subject: Re: LKMs (was Re: Quick kernel question.)
To: Chuck Yerkes <chuck+nbsd@2003.snew.com>
From: Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/23/2002 15:48:40
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:23:33AM -0800, Chuck Yerkes wrote:
> Quoting Christos Zoulas (christos@zoulas.com):
> > S. N. Cho <sucho2@vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Type: size /netbsd
> > The sizes you see are loaded into memory. Unused device drivers just eat
> > space.
>
>
> Please define "space" a little better - RAM or disk? Disk I
> don't care about (ok, a little - esp for floppy boots) but RAM
> can be important.
RAM.
>
> Is there a way to shove a lot of these drivers into LKMs?
We need to have in-kernel LKM loader as FreeBSD and Linux do.
Jun-Young
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Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>