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

[Måns Rullgård]

Witukind <witukind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:39:32 +0100 mru@xxxxxx (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.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@xxxxxx

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