OpenBSD doesn't believe much in them, and doesn't need lkms for all basic usage. It just didn't get disabled in case someone (like OpenAFS users) wants it. It doesn't work on all platforms, either
2013/2/22 Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 04:22:51AM -0500, Jiri B wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 03:29:21AM +0100, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado >> wrote: >> > OpenBSD doesn't have support for loadable kernel modules or FUSE, so >> > OpenBSD should include the code inside of the kernel. This is a big >> > difference with FreeBSD/NetBSD/Linux. >> >> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/conf/GENERIC?rev=1.193;content-type=text%2Fplain >> option LKM # loadable kernel modules >> >> It does have LKM (kqemu used it) but not using it by default. >> >> jbelka > > I didn't know about lkm before of the mail of Andres. I never needed > extra modules. > > -- > Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado http://juanfra.info > -- May the most significant bit of your life be positive.
