Hi,

On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 21:32 -0500, Paul W. Abrahams wrote:

> Or is there some mechanism for loading modules automatically when
> they're needed and unloading them when they're not needed?

With kernel 2.2.x kmod will load modules, when they are needed.
But it won't unload them. Quote from
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/kmod.txt:

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To periodically unload unused modules, put something like the
following
in root's crontab entry:

        0-59/5 * * * * /sbin/rmmod -a

Kmod only loads modules.  Kerneld could do more (although
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Ciao,
        Stefan
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