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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!demon!ronald From: ronald@demon.co.uk (Ronald Khoo) Subject: Re: Usefulness of BSD/Linux Source Knowledg Message-ID: <Ctnz8D.5t9@demon.co.uk> Keywords: devices, filesystem, FreeBSD Organization: Demon Internet Limited References: <cln.775305310@dynamo> <316kug$ea9@wsiserv.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> <wgalazka.165.2E378645@chem.uw.edu.pl> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 18:55:25 GMT Lines: 12 In article <316kug$ea9@wsiserv.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> gabara@Informatik.Uni-Tuebingen.DE (Andrej Gabara) writes: >> If BSD 4.5 would include the following: >> - Dynamic loading and configuration of devices (so people won't have to recompile >> kernels) NetBSD 1.0 beta already supports this using Terry Lambert's lkm (loadable kernel module) implementation (similar to Sun modload). I am already using *commercial* software that takes advantage of this feature.