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Subject: Re: 8 to 9: Kernel modularization -- did it change?
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On 02/18/2012 10:43, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
>> loading modules through loader.conf is
>> veeeeeerrrrryyyyyy sssssllllloooooowwwwww ...
> 
> Is it noticeably slower to load (say) a 6MB kernel + 2MB of
> modules than to load an 8MB kernel?  

I don't know, that wasn't the problem I was trying to solve. If your
question is, "6 + 2-in-loader-conf" then I imagine that it would be
about the same speed, maybe a little slower due to extra file
open-read-close cycles. If it's "6 + 2-in-kld_list" then I imagine it
would be quite a bit faster than an 8 M kernel, but I look forward to
the results of your testing. :)


Doug

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