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Date:      Fri, 12 Jul 2002 19:38:26 -0700
From:      Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx>
To:        Holt Grendal <holtor@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Unloading Kernel Modules
Message-ID:  <20020713023826.GA65887@vectors.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20020713023341.71837.qmail@web11605.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20020713023341.71837.qmail@web11605.mail.yahoo.com>

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linux.ko gives you linux compatability. do you have linux_enable="YES"
in your /etc/rc.conf? if so, this module gets automatically loaded.

vn.ko was load automatically by issuing vnconfig. it handles the vnode
disk driver, according to vn(4).

unload them if you want, but you should investigate why they were
started in the first place. kldunload linux.ko is safe unless you have
any running linux processes. be more careful with the vn.ko driver. if
it's being used, the kernel likely won't let you unload it anyhow.

-Adam


>> (07.12.2002 @ 1933 PST): Holt Grendal said, in 0.5K: <<
> Hi,
> 
> My kernal has these modules loaded:
> 
> > kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  1    3 0xc0100000 1bb548   kernel
>  2    1 0xc5b8d000 14000    linux.ko
>  7    1 0xc7bee000 3000     vn.ko
> 
> I am unsure how they got there..
> 
> Is it safe to Unload them or will this Crash the system?
> 
> tia
> 
> holt
> 
> 
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>> end of "Unloading Kernel Modules" from Holt Grendal <<


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