From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com (Mulyadi Santosa) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 03:06:35 +0700 Subject: Verifying module In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org Hi... On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 20:06, Mag Gam wrote: > We are planning to deploy a system for a client. I was told that > leaving unnecessary modules (ie. jfs, usb, etc...) will not cause > latencies in the kernel however the client is very sensitive. That is right...module is only loaded as needed.. >They > care about latencies in microseconds and I was wondering if leaving > unnecessary modules loaded would cause it if you just "leave" them, it wouldn't add any overhead IMHO. Only if it is loaded. For that, you could either blacklist them or better....deselect them during kernel config. Whichever suits you better PS: If you're really sensitive, perhaps you could make all of your modules build into the kernel image...therefore there won't be any modules. But beware, the kernel image will be damn big :) >and how can I measure the > kernel latency (with lmbench if possible) w/o necessary modules. what latency are we talking here? scheduling latency? -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com