On 10-Nov-00 Stephen E. Hargrove wrote: > Ed Lazor wrote: > >> >It is being run as a cron job to remove unused modules. Take a look at >> >/etc/cron.d/kmod to see how it is being run. If you don't want it to run, >> >then you will have to manualy take care of removing unneeded modules. >> >> But... - dumb question here - ... aren't the necessary ones loaded at >> boot time and that's all there is to it? >> > > yes, they're also loaded as their needed. for example, i have floppy support > compiled as a module. when i mount the floppy drive, the module loads. > rmmod > ensures that it's unloaded later, when i'm not using it. yeah, I've seen this too, and I know it doesn't hurt to rmmod them, but... aren't these things supposed to unload after a certain period of not being used ? (or is that what the cron job is for.) I thought that the kernel module loader took care of that... -Greg _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
