[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[Scott Dorsey]

Single Stage to Orbit  <alex.buell at munted.eu> wrote:
>On Tue, 2024-01-16 at 13:13 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> As for the kernel, Linux, unlike VMS, has a flexible and functioning
>> kernel modules system. Hopefully, at least some of that extra
>> functionality will be in kernel modules that are never installed if
>> you don't select those packages during installation.
>
>I would love to see loadable drivers/modules in VMS. It sure would make
>it a lot easier to bring up new devices or new functionality.

I agree.  I was kind of against modloading when it got introduced into BSD
systems (I first saw it in SunOS 4.1.4) because it makes debugging kernel
dumps more difficult.  But now we have tools to make up for that, and in
the end it results in memory savings rather than waste.  It is definitely a
feature I would hope for in VMS eventually.
--scott
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