Auto kernel module loading

[Daniel C. Sobral]

M. Warner Losh wrote:
> 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.

Mmmm? The point is having a minimal kernel.ko. If you still have to 
compile the device in the kernel, it does nothing at all to reach the 
desired goal.

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