Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:00:20 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] shipping kernels with default modules? Message-ID: <D76B9160-327F-454F-AAD2-567D837BCD68@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <4DF3B532.6020908@FreeBSD.org> References: <BANLkTin2AwKRT7N6HWqBctJcT72_mR=Otg@mail.gmail.com> <4DF3B532.6020908@FreeBSD.org>
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On Jun 11, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > On 6/11/2011 2:21 AM, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> Hi guys, >>=20 >> Has there been any further thought as of late about shipping kernels >> with modules only by default, rather than monolithic kernels? >>=20 >> I tried this experiment a couple years ago and besides a little >> trickery with ACPI module loading, it worked out fine. >>=20 >> Is there any reason we aren't doing this at the moment? Eg by having = a >> default loader modules list populated from the kernel config file? >=20 > Has anyone benchmarked monolithic vs. modular? I think that should be = done before we move in this direction. I haven't noticed a difference, but I haven't done any specific = benchmarking. Warner
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