Newbie question: kernel image a dynamically linked binary?

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn at freenet.de> writes:
> Daniel Rodrick <daniel.rodrick at gmail.com> writes:
> > $ file kernel
> > kernel: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD),
> > dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
> file is confused.  FreeBSD uses a monolithic kernel and no shared
> libraries are involved.  However, it is possible to dynamically load
> modules using kldload.  See the appropriate man page.

File is right.  The kernel contains relocation entries so kernel modules
can be linked against it.

"monolithic" means something else entirely.

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