Auto kernel module loading

[Daniel C. Sobral]

Terry Lambert wrote:
> "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
> 
>>>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.
> 
> 
> This is like claiming that you haven't made the kernel pageable,
> if you can't page out the page-in code.  8-).
> 
> Anything in the boot path, necessary to get you to the point
> where the kernel can actually load any remaining modules, must
> be statically present in the kernel.

As bsdimp noted, I misunderstood what he meant. In retrospective, what I 
_thought_ he meant didn't make any sense at all, but I guess it was too 
early in the morning for me. :-)

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