HEADS UP: GENERIC will gain options MODULAR
Martin Husemann <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.netbsd.ports.sparc64 |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
In the near future the sparc64 GENERIC kernel will gain options MODULAR. This allows it to load kernel modules, but also will by default enable auto-loading of modules, e.g. for file systems when used for the first time. Auto-loading is only possible from predefined paths in /stand, where supposedly root has installed the official modules. If you do not want this change (and are using GENERIC), you can disable the auto loading by adding kern.module.autoload=0 to your /etc/sysctl.conf file. Martin P.S.: it is not intended to strip features from GENERIC, the MODULAR kernel is the (slightly) stripped one. There will also be a a TEST kernel (based on MODULAR, but INSECURE, used for atf test runs) and a MONOLITHIC config, which is basically GENERIC without options MODULAR.