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

[Marc Balmer <mbalmer%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Am 18.10.11 12:39, schrieb Jared McNeill:
> I would argue that any manually loaded module shouldn't be autounloaded.
> What do you think about flagging modules as autoloaded and only
> autounloading the autoloaded ones?

I'd say that is a safe way.  I am for it.

> 
> 
> On Tue, 18 Oct 2011, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 08:43:46AM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
>>> Am 18.10.11 06:27, schrieb Jukka Ruohonen:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:07:45AM +0000, Jared D. McNeill wrote:
>>>>> Module Name:    src
>>>>> Committed By:    jmcneill
>>>>> Date:        Tue Oct 18 00:07:45 UTC 2011
>>>>>
>>>>> Modified Files:
>>>>>     src/sys/arch/x86/x86: vmt.c
>>>>>
>>>>> Log Message:
>>>>> don't allow module autounload
>>>>
>>>> I wonder should autounloading be prohibited for all driver-class
>>>> modules?
>>>
>>> Why?  When the parent goes away, why not autounload a driver?
>>
>> I am not sure. But have we thought about all the consequences and corner-
>> cases? Unloading happens while modifying hardware state? Deferred calls
>> in the drivers? And so on? To me it also seems that if I manually load
>> a driver-module, I expect it to stay loaded until I unload it.
>>
>> - Jukka.
>>
>>


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