From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <38DF56FE.107E9D0E@nibiru.pauls.erfurt.thur.de> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:41:34 +0000 From: Enrico Weigelt Reply-To: weigelt@nibiru.pauls.erfurt.thur.de MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: kernel-config modules Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: "linux-mm@kvack.org" , linux-kernel@kvack.org List-ID: what do you think about configuration modules instead of big-fat configuration interfaces (especially for lowmem-machines). imagine this: parts of the kernel (or modules) export the configurable structures and there are modules which take the params and configure the stuff. after doing it, they're killed again. with this concept drivers could be splitted in two parts: (modules) a resident and a non-resident one. the resident part is the real driver code. the non resident one does the initialization, detection, configuration, etc. after these things are done, the non-resident part is not needed anylonger and can be kicked away. bye, ew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KAMPF GEGEN ECHOLON - DIE USA SCHNEIDED WELTWEIT DEN EMAIL-VERKEHR MIT!!! BITTE ALLE MITMACHEN UND "GEFAEHRLICHE" WOERTER IN DIE SIGNATUR SCHREIBEN ... againstNSAletskillthemallaufstanddollarwirtschaftskrieseusakillthepresident shitfuckingusawewillattacknextweekterrorecholonforkommunismagainstdemocracy. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/