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Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:

> loading modules through loader.conf is
> veeeeeerrrrryyyyyy sssssllllloooooowwwwww ...

Is it noticeably slower to load (say) a 6MB kernel + 2MB of
modules than to load an 8MB kernel?  If so, any idea why?