Messages in this thread |  | | From | Bas Mevissen <> | Subject | Re: Possible kernel optimization | Date | Thu, 19 Dec 1996 10:58:12 +0100 (MET) |
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Joe Fouche wrote:
> > Sounds OK with me, but why stop there? Make every part of the kernel > internals a module. Then, to upgrade a system, one unloads everything except > the module code, then reloads all the new modules except the init module, > then loads the init module. And boom, it boots again. :) So upgrading is > only necessary when updating the module code. > > I'm sure this is just as easy as it sounds. :) > -- > _ ____ Joe Fouche (jf@ugcs.caltech.edu) > ___| |--- Deranged College Student > That would be great indeed. If you need a different behaviour of your system, then you can simply change a certain kernel module.
For example:
- loading a module for networking support
- Changing the memory manager for people with less memory
etc...
It would make live easier for kernel developers: simply plug in a new module. No longer recompile and link of the kernel !
Bas.
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