Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 16:51:28 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kerneld for FreeBSD Message-ID: <200006052351.QAA00547@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Jun 2000 16:46:44 EDT." <393C11B4.D40B9EBD@vangelderen.org>
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> > and if a module wants to unload itself due to
> > "unuse", it can already do so.
>
> You wouldn't have control over that process if the modules decides
> for itself. It's a sysadmin decision to unload modules, not the
> module's decision.
So why introduce a third party? ("kerneld") If the admin wants to
remove a module, great.
TBH, unloading an idle module is basically a waste of time. Modules are,
on the whole, so small that the savings are entirely outweighed by the
unnecessary complexity.
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\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org
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