Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 23:40:02 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bschellenberger@nc.rr.com> To: Holt Grendal <holtor@yahoo.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unloading Kernel Modules Message-ID: <20020713034002.0BF72BA05@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <20020713023341.71837.qmail@web11605.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020713023341.71837.qmail@web11605.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Friday 12 July 2002 10:33 pm, Holt Grendal wrote: | Hi, | | My kernal has these modules loaded: | > kldstat | | Id Refs Address Size Name | 1 3 0xc0100000 1bb548 kernel | 2 1 0xc5b8d000 14000 linux.ko That's probably because you enabled linux emulation way back when you installed the system, and you have this in your /etc/rc.conf: linux_enable="YES" | 7 1 0xc7bee000 3000 vn.ko Are you using a vn device? That ones not on my system so I'd wager that you are using vn, in which case you need it. | | I am unsure how they got there.. | | Is it safe to Unload them or will this Crash the system? If it's unsafe to unload them, the kernel should refuse your request to do so, and kldunload will complain, so there's no harm in trying. WHy would you want? Between the two of them they are taking up a whooping total of 92k. That was a big deal when memory was counted in k, but most peole now have a least 64M of RAM, and frequently more. At 64M of RAM, these modules are chewing up 0.l4% of your memory. Does it really matter what happens to the last 0.14% of your memory? | | tia | | holt | | | __________________________________________________ | Do You Yahoo!? | Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes | http://autos.yahoo.com | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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