Subject: Re: LKM's for some file systems
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/27/1995 16:34:12
On Wed, 27 Dec 1995 18:27:05 -0600 
 "Michael Graff" <explorer@flame.org> wrote:

 > 1)  One file to load the lkm and configure it, such as procfs followed
 >     by a mount, all in the same file
 > 
 > I would think #1 is *much* simplier.

I agree, but then we've stepped into the BSD vs. SysV war again :-)

 > Hmm.  Too bad there isn't on-demand kernel module loading.  Like a
 > mount loads the module, an umount unloads it.  THAT would be very
 > cool.

That would be cool, though I'm not sure I see a way of doing it that's 
"clean"...

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