Subject: Re: Handling multiple lkm's
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
From: Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/15/1997 20:28:56
Excerpts from netbsd: 15-Sep-97 Re: Handling multiple lkm's "Chris G.
Demetriou"@pa. (1570)

> In my opinion, the 'right' thing to do is make all shared libs
> effectively be dynamically loadable objects

I remember you've anready brought this up at one occasion.
It's elegant, and it would make LKMs more save and secure.
But perhaps the code which does the real linking can still be
outside the kernel, with some access to the kernel's address
space.
Do you know how DEC's /sbin/loader works?

best regards
Matthias