Re: stuff that goes into GENERIC

[Trevor Schroeder <tschroed@acm.org>]

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Trevor Schroeder wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, chuck wrote:
> 
> > kernel, then perhaps a different one is in order, perhaps with extra
> > devices loaded as LKMs.  I could certainly see a kernel for initial
> 
> There's something:  is there a way to split out kernel functionality into
> loadable modules (ie, similar to Linux)?

Hmmmm... I hate to be the lamer that follows up his own message, but the
original was maybe not very clear.  What I mean to say, is there a way to
take traditionally monolithic kernel items (such as KMEMSTATS or IPSEC) and
instead compile them into LKMs?  Like you can when you select portions of
the Linux kernel to compile as modules.  I would really like to have
KMEMSTATS available if I wanted, but otherwise unload them without having
to reboot to a different kernel.
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