Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6?

Måns Rullgård
2003-12-10T19:33:28Z

Witukind <witukind@nsbm.kicks-ass.org> writes:

> On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:39:32 +0100 mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård) wrote:
>
>> > Is there a specific case for which people want this feature?
>> > Offhand it seems like a slightly odd thing to ask for...
>>
>> I believe the original motivation for module autoloading was to save
>> memory by unloading modules when their devices were unused. Loading
>> them automatically on demand made for less trouble for users, who
>> didn't have to run modprobe manually to use the sound card, or
>> whatever. This could still be a good thing in embedded systems.
>>
>
> I don't see why it wouldn't be a good thing for regular systems
> also. Saving memory is usually a good idea.

The biggest modules are about 100k. Saving 100k of 1 GB doesn't
really seem worth any effort.

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