Messages in this thread | | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? | Date | Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:33:24 +0100 |
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Witukind <witukind@nsbm.kicks-ass.org> writes:
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:39:32 +0100 mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård) wrote: > >> > Is there a specific case for which people want this feature? >> > Offhand it seems like a slightly odd thing to ask for... >> >> I believe the original motivation for module autoloading was to save >> memory by unloading modules when their devices were unused. Loading >> them automatically on demand made for less trouble for users, who >> didn't have to run modprobe manually to use the sound card, or >> whatever. This could still be a good thing in embedded systems. >> > > I don't see why it wouldn't be a good thing for regular systems > also. Saving memory is usually a good idea.
The biggest modules are about 100k. Saving 100k of 1 GB doesn't really seem worth any effort.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se
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