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Date:      Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:16:02 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r222980 - in head/sys: amd64/conf i386/conf
Message-ID:  <20110612111601.GA62801@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4DF3D633.5060506@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201106110908.p5B98kkE066709@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106111403060.44950@fledge.watson.org> <4DF3B12C.8020505@FreeBSD.org> <9583277B-6EC0-4B7F-9640-2B128A96C6B8@bsdimp.com> <4DF3D633.5060506@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 01:55:15PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> I have 3 or 4 modules loaded via loader.conf at boot time. They take at 
> least 2 seconds each. IMO loading everything via loader.conf would slow 
> the boot so much as to be a non-starter.

With my normal slim kernel with most of the modules loaded via loader.conf
(other few loaded later in runtime) I have this:

$ kldstat | wc -l
      60

I do not observe noticeable difference compared to GENERIC kernel.  Plus,
users try to reboot their machines as rarely as possible, no?

./danfe



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