[openbeos] Re: Add-ons/Module problems/ideas??

En réponse à Rudy Gingles <rudyatek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> So, basically modules and drivers ARE the same thing? Just two ways
> of interfacing with them due to Unix tradition? This still doesn't
> entirely make sense, partly because I didn't know BeOS was that
> influenced by tradition, and partly because it still seems redundant
> to me. Is this something that will change in R2? I'm still trying to
> find a reason why modules and drivers must exist as separate
> entities, with the kernel treating the two differently.
> 

No.

In BeOS, only drivers are able to publish device files (/dev entries),
modules aren't, they are meant to be called by kernel drivers.
( IIRC NewOS doesn't do the distinction between the too...)


You can view this as a tree (not exactly, but), with modules at intersections,
and drivers at the leaves.
Modules can call other modules, drivers are only loaded by the kernel.

François.

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