Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 20:23:03 -0400 From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kerneld for FreeBSD Message-ID: <393C4467.3AD535D4@vangelderen.org> References: <200006052351.QAA00547@mass.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote:
>
> > > and if a module wants to unload itself due to
> > > "unuse", it can already do so.
> >
> > You wouldn't have control over that process if the modules decides
> > for itself. It's a sysadmin decision to unload modules, not the
> > module's decision.
>
> So why introduce a third party? ("kerneld") If the admin wants to
> remove a module, great.
That was the point I was trying to make. If the admin wants to
remove modules manually he can do so. If he wants to have it
happen periodically he can set up a cron job to do it. You would
just need to add an option to kldunload that unloads all unused
modules. You didn't read very well, I never promoted "kerneld".
This last comment referred to
> and if a module wants to unload itself due to
> "unuse", it can already do so.
because modules should not unload themselves, it's up to the
admin to decide.
Cheers,
Jeroen
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