Well, a lot of drivers aren't modules yet. It was basically an idea to move the
kernel more towards a modular implementation. There will be a large number of
modules if all the drivers were to become modules. It may not be, say, to
everyone's liking to manually load a good deal of those. Plus, there are many
people who use FreeBSD for desktop or home situations and even those who don't
know a extremely large amount about computer hardware and all. This would be a
nice "option" to have for some.
Neil Blakey-Milner had the audacity to say:
> > It might be nice to start running on modules regularly. It would also
> > be useful to be able to update your device driver while running
> > freebsd, without needing to reboot.
>
> You can already do this. kldunload the old module, and kldload the new
> module. Or am I missing something again?
>
> Neil
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> Neil Blakey-Milner
> Sunesi Clinical Systems
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>
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