cvs commit: src/sys/netgraph/netgraph ng_base.c

[Hiten Pandya]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
:y0netan1    2005/09/03 23:58:24 PDT
:
:DragonFly src repository
:
:  Modified files:
:    sys/netgraph/netgraph ng_base.c 
:  Log:
:  Avoid panic by not using linker_* API in the early stage of
:  boot process, during which namei_zone is not initialized yet
:  but linker_* API relies on it indirectly by calling nlookup_init().
:  
:  Revision  Changes    Path
:  1.18      +18 -4     src/sys/netgraph/netgraph/ng_base.c
:
:
:http://www.dragonflybsd.org/cvsweb/src/sys/netgraph/netgraph/ng_base.c.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18&f=u

    Maybe the in-kernel loading for NG should be removed entirely in favor of 
    more sophisticated userland 'auto' loading ?  I haven't researched it, but
    NG's module loading is pretty high on my 'why is it trying to do it at all'
    list :-)
It is not really netgraph's fault.  The fault lies with the stupid design 
of the linker and module API.  It needs to be a lot more flexible than it 
is right now.

I will do something about this once we finish the BUF/BIO work.  I have a 
few ideas for this part of the kernel.

				-Hiten