Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 21:53:17 +0200 From: Bjoern Fischer <bfischer@Techfak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kerneld for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000606215317.A1984@frolic.no-support.loc> In-Reply-To: <200006052351.QAA00547@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 04:51:28PM -0700 References: <393C11B4.D40B9EBD@vangelderen.org> <200006052351.QAA00547@mass.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 04:51:28PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: [...] > TBH, unloading an idle module is basically a waste of time. Modules are,= =20 > on the whole, so small that the savings are entirely outweighed by the=20 > unnecessary complexity. What is won by unloading a module anyway? Memory the module previously allocated will be freed? Hmm, do the following several times (n*100, n*1000): hostname# kldload cd9660; kldunload cd9660 More and more wired memory will be allocated but not freed. If you perform this cycle too many times, the machine will lock up or reboot. Bj=F6rn --=20 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GCS d--(+) s++: a- C+++(-) UB++++OSI++++$ P+++(-) L---(++) !E W- N+ o>+ K- !w !O !M !V PS++ PE- PGP++ t+++ !5 X++ tv- b+++ D++ G e+ h-- y+=20 ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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