From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754597AbYGMPDg (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:03:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753586AbYGMPDa (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:03:30 -0400 Received: from smtp-out01.alice-dsl.net ([88.44.60.11]:65327 "EHLO smtp-out01.alice-dsl.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753552AbYGMPD3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:03:29 -0400 To: Johannes Berg Cc: Rusty Russell , Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 00/11] remove CONFIG_KMOD From: Andi Kleen References: <20080709082834.942992000@sipsolutions.net> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:03:02 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20080709082834.942992000@sipsolutions.net> (Johannes Berg's message of "Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:28:34 +0200") Message-ID: <87zlolzv15.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Jul 2008 14:55:36.0275 (UTC) FILETIME=[81EB1A30:01C8E4F8] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Johannes Berg writes: > I've rebased this patch series against -next-20080708 (one conflict > against ftrace, another against BKL pushdown) and fixed the things > Adrian Bunk pointed out. You forgot to say why you want to remove that? I personally like to not set CONFIG_KMOD because the auto loader tends to load way too many modules. e.g. currently when someone requests aes on x86 you get three different aes modules (including VIA PadLock aes and an unoptimized C version), and keeping those around is just a waste. Also if I didn't load a driver I prefer if it's not loaded at all. This is also useful for power saving for example where it's better to keep modules not loaded that you don't need and it's hard to control who accesses the respective devices. Please keep the option. Thanks. -Andi