In message: <42375FD2.2080706_at_freebsd.org> Doug Barton <dougb_at_freebsd.org> writes: : Jose M Rodriguez wrote: : > El Martes, 15 de Marzo de 2005 02:43, Doug Barton escribió: : > : >>Jose M Rodriguez wrote: : >> : >>>Hi, : >>>I'll glad to know if this is of interest: : >>> : >>>update to PR conf/75137 (sound modules): I rework this adding : >>>support for preloaded modules to /etc/rc.subr : >> : >>Why is this necessary? My understanding is that modules load : >>themselves when called. Do the sound modules do this differently? : >> : > : > : > This is not needed (I think). You can load modules : > via /boot/loader.conf, but may be more confortable if we 'go modules' : > in a future. : : I don't think you understand what I'm saying. For most modules, it is not : actually necessary to pre-load them at all. For example, I have cd9660 as a : module, it's not compiled into my kernel. When I mount a cd9660 file system : the kernel module is automatically loaded. There is no need to pre-load it. : The same is true of (most) modules that create devices, such as ndis. : : I don't know the specifics of the sound module, I compile it into my kernel. : However, as you pointed out in the rare case that it's necessary to actually : pre-load a kernel module (such as agp), we have a mechanism for that in : loader.conf already. I don't think that adding that code to rc.subr is a : useful exercise, and in fact I would oppose it as needless duplication of : effort. It is also better to have the boot loader load modules that you are going to load right away anyway. Having it in rc is insane. WarnerReceived on Thu Mar 17 2005 - 18:39:02 UTC
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