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From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>
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Subject: Re: kerneld for FreeBSD
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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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