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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------


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