Re: [ossig] Kernel questions - linmodems to bsd

[Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Mukhsein Johari wrote:

> Does this mean we can dynamically add new hardware without compiling the
> kernel? I tried to do it with sound but it didn't work...compiled the
> kernel driver and it worked.

theoretically, that's how it's supposed to work.

> Is there driver from the same code or totally different? (loadable
> module vs kernel driver)

mostly the same for core logic, but there are some differences, with
respect to position independences and call vectors.

> What was the result? Do we have bsdmodems now? If so, is there a page
> with more details?

yes we do. it's under the ltmdm port. :)

Regards,                           /\_/\   "All dogs go to heaven."
dinesh@alphaque.com                (0 0)    http://www.alphaque.com/
+==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+
| for a in past present future; do                                        |
|   for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do   |
|   echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b."  |
| done; done                                                              |
+=========================================================================+


------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe: send mail to ossig-request@mncc.com.my
with "unsubscribe ossig" in the body of the message