Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/x86/x86

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:44:52PM +0100, Iain Hibbert wrote:
> The real benefit of the modular system is that you don't need to load
> hundreds of modules on the off chance that they will be used. A cron entry
> could be used to flush unused modules if the sysop cares about that, why
> do we need a kthread running?

A good question worth asking. And as far as I remember, the autounloading
cycle was as low as 10 seconds (!), whereas a proper scale would be measured
in minutes or hours in my opinion (or even as daily(5)).

- Jukka.