> On 6/12/2011 1:56 AM, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > > > Cutting modules out of the kernel in general does help speed up booting > > but loading those same modules later in the boot process will just lead > > you back to the same boot time. > > Loading modules via loader.conf is many times slower than doing it from > disk after the system is partially booted. (As in, 2-3 seconds per > module vs. nearly instantaneous for all 6.) > > I didn't offer my list as an example of what to do, I offered it as a > syntax example. I would of course expect people to use appropriate > discretion to load things in loader.conf that are necessary for boot. > (Of course, the fact that people can easily get this wrong is a strike > against the technique.) > > There is no point in having an _enable for this script because if the > kld_list is empty, nothing happens. > Doug's solution is what we have been using for a very long time!
the loader.conf solution is not practical when it's shared among many hosts -like here where most of the hosts are dataless-, so, moving the not essential ones to rc.conf was the obvious solution. my .5 danny _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"