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LKM(4) support had mostly been only "compile tested" for years. Practically nothing used it, and at the time of it's removal the ports tree contained a single m
by brynet 11y ago
LKM(4) support had mostly been only "compile tested" for years. Practically nothing used it, and at the time of it's removal the ports tree contained a single module.. a firmware flasher for some old Dell servers.
- zdw 11y agoOpenBSD also makes it pretty easy to compile drivers into a custom kernel: http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#Why http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#Why And to configure an already compiled kernel with UKC: http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#BootConfig http://www.openbsd.org/faq//faq5.html#BootConfig So most of the time there's little need for kernel modules.