Re: Proposal, again: Disable autoload of compat_xyz modules

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20190929090053.GA98%homeworld.netbsd.org@localhost>,
 <maya%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 01:29:39AM -0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>> Here's what I've implemented:
>> 
>> kern.module.noautoload="compat_linux* compat_[0-4]?"
>> 
>> This disables autoload for all compat_linux modules as well
>> as compat_netbsd < NetBSD-5.0
>> 
>> Comments?
>> 
>> christos
>> 
>...
>> +		"compat_linux",
>> +		"compat_linux32",
>
>Kinda shocking that nowhere in this thread do we bring up the fact that
>compat_linux is not currently being auto-loaded (since a 2017 change by
>maxv).
>
>As for the actual change, I'd like to see it integrated through
>modules.conf, not via settings of default sysctl values. I think it's
>bad user experience.

modules.conf contains module names and their arguments. It is a configuration
file for each module. There are already sysctls in the kern.module. tree all
related to autoloading.

christos