Re: Please read if you use x86 -current

[vincent <10.50%free.fr@localhost>]

Le 13 nov. 08 à 10:15, Andrew Doran a écrit :

> Every system must have those so there is no big incentive to  
> modularize
> them.

I agree. Yet, some file systems could be modularized. I'm thinking  
about the MSDOSFS and NTFS code. Typically, those are used only for  
sparse transfers with USB-keys, e.g. Including them permanently in the  
kernel is a waste of resources.

I was wondering if the kernel (besides FFS) could not dynamically load  
file systems only when a mount(1) explicitly request it, and get rid  
of them as soon as the volumes are umounted?

This could maybe also apply to some kind of plug-and-play devices  
(USB, Bluetooth or firewire)

Vincent