From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Apr 30 23:17:43 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 947E3CA2D00 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 23:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75E76DB2 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 23:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 75578CA2CFF; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 23:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7502DCA2CFE for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 23:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (prime.gushi.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:3:3d::42]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "prime.gushi.org", Issuer "RapidSSL SHA256 CA - G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58B76DB1 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 23:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (danm@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by prime.gushi.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id v3UNHe9r010061 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:17:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 prime.gushi.org v3UNHe9r010061 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gushi.org; s=prime2014; t=1493594261; bh=lDor+v37OLyHmM9JXzCzNkjUMkyNJ12dql5H2LrLQjA=; h=Date:From:To:Subject; z=Date:=20Sun,=2030=20Apr=202017=2016:17:39=20-0700=20(PDT)|From:=2 0Dan=20Mahoney=20|To:=20questions@freebsd.or g|Subject:=20Stop=20ZFS/opensolaris=20from=20autoloading?; b=RLlHVbiGj4Oev4ssyAz8+gWVBymTzDBpsNZXoXTXo5ePMF3/7fEqRokCk7A9xQfqn 6r98mi6jBrPWrZNqvPkRjfKRRgS4f59pVjvfhYkPUOpxqQpro8hNuc9pdBTQ+6rcUr 2siD/dAdms220z1vYxn5I0MWuheY4tcNA3vnzRkkys4TXSglBcunxPvVhm+w0k63/a 44kwS2e3QrPM9gu0UtbdukxhUUCqFrG/Sepgv5/oIlty8muuJjk0aLIzn3NXicu0oL iQkNoeJvBo6YHmkb21OFommF2bdN2PulnEMidk5h928h3t5IZVcZWsT2pJUegFdxye OjojUKVi5ycig== X-DomainKeys: Sendmail DomainKeys Filter v1.0.2 prime.gushi.org v3UNHe9r010061 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=primegushiorg; d=prime.gushi.org; c=nofws; q=dns; h=received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:user-agent: x-openpgp-key-id:mime-version:content-type; b=i+78m/YHPug7Bd4CIXyafBByNA8aFmZCaIMHLVQtnbcJfS2Sy4RvBpqVsuauTMAeR ubCNpQTJWsvAtFJ0El3Uw== Received: (from danm@localhost) by prime.gushi.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v3UNHdQZ010060; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:17:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from danm) Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:17:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Mahoney To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Stop ZFS/opensolaris from autoloading? Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0x624BB249 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (prime.gushi.org [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 30 Apr 2017 23:17:42 +0000 (UTC) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 23:17:43 -0000 All, Short of renaming the modules (which breaks upgrades and is unpredictable) is there any easy way to stop a system from auto-loading the ZFS modules? We've got some memory-constrained systems and the concept of "modules that load themselves" somewhat bugs me. I'd rather "zpool status" (which is often called by things like Facter) simply return an error than load a kernel module that will never be used. -Dan -- --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------