[openbeosnetteam] Re: Network preflet, the future?

"Philippe Houdoin" <philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Axel Dörfler wrote:
> > Errr... no :-)
> > 1) I wouldn't like to have the stack loaded automatically and 
> > always 
> > on boot too much - if no one is using it, why bother to start it? 
> Good point.
> My bad.

The good thing is, however, that if the stack is able to load its 
settings, it could also just start the first time it is needed; it 
doesn't really need an extra "starter" application - if you don't use 
something like inetd (have some servers only started on demand).

> Okay, so let's say the first time libnet.so will require to open("/
> dev/
> net/stack"), the stack will load, start and keep running... 
> until death. 
> If it's kernel module who start the stack (a network file system come 
> to mind), the stack will be kept loaded, but in this case 
> we must set the B_KEEP_LOADED flag to core module... bye bye stop/
> restart/reload stack feature.
> Well, the good thing here is this way, we have to other choice than 
> make it bug-free ;-) 

Since we are in control, we could even add a possibility to unload such 
modules :-)

Bye,
   Axel.

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