On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:28:14 -0700 [email protected] (John Nemeth) wrote:
> On Dec 17, 1:58pm, Matthew Mondor wrote: > } This reminds me though: why/how does sysctl/kern.module.autoload > } default to 1 for non-MODULAR kernels (at least on netbsd-6)? Or an > } alternative question: are these sysctl knobs useful at all with > } non-MODULAR kernels, or are they then artifacts? > > Good question. Non-MODULAR kernels still have parts of the MODULAR > subsystem in order to initialise built-in modules. However, the linking > code isn't there, so it would be impossible to load a module. I'll make > a note to trim some of the excess stuff in non-MODULAR kernels. Indeed the linker isn't there, which was confirmed using nm when I initially noticed those knobs. Thank you for looking into this, -- Matt
