On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com>wrote:
> Mag Gam put forth on 11/26/2010 11:14 PM: > > > unloading unnecessary modules > > If they are unnecessary modules, the kernel won't load them in the first > place, as the hardware they interface with doesn't exit. If they're not > loaded, how can you unload them? > > I think you need to provide us with _your_ definition of "unnecessary". > I suppose he's talking about that modules loaded for hardware that it's present but unused, for example: the sound card. For my servers I generally buy "clons" and they have an embedded sound card. So, we don't need the sound modules loaded at startup. Another example (maybe) is the USB, mouse, SATA/PATA when we have a SCSI controller, etc. > > If you're really that concerned about kernel footprint and performance, > you can always roll your own kernel, as I do, building in the drivers > you know you need, none that you don't, and disable loadable module > support. However, this can get tricky if you don't know precisely what > you're doing. > > I don't know. I decided long ago not to compile the kernel anymore. I do prefer blacklisting modules instead. But, it's only my opinion. > -- > Stan > > LMM
