Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 14:24:56 -0700 From: Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net> To: Holt Grendal <holtor@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unloading Kernel Modules Message-ID: <20020713212456.GC54898@techometer.net> In-Reply-To: <20020713023341.71837.qmail@web11605.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020713023341.71837.qmail@web11605.mail.yahoo.com>
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:: My kernal has these modules loaded: :: :: > kldstat :: Id Refs Address Size Name :: 1 3 0xc0100000 1bb548 kernel :: 2 1 0xc5b8d000 14000 linux.ko :: 7 1 0xc7bee000 3000 vn.ko :: Is it safe to Unload them or will this Crash the system? You only need the linux module if you want to run Linux binaries on your FreeBSD system. Some common apps that need this are Acroread, StarOffice, etc. The vn(4) is used, for example, to create swapfiles on your filesystems. You can disable loading of the linux module by setting linux_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf, and you can check what's using the vn driver with the vnconfig(8) utility. --Erick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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