On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:44:52PM +0100, Iain Hibbert wrote: > The real benefit of the modular system is that you don't need to load > hundreds of modules on the off chance that they will be used. A cron entry > could be used to flush unused modules if the sysop cares about that, why > do we need a kthread running?
A good question worth asking. And as far as I remember, the autounloading cycle was as low as 10 seconds (!), whereas a proper scale would be measured in minutes or hours in my opinion (or even as daily(5)). - Jukka.
