On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:57:52 +0000 (UTC) Geoff Wing <ma...@primenet.com.au> wrote:
> John Nemeth <jnem...@victoria.tc.ca> typed: > : ...... Being able to properly unload a built-in module would be a nice > : feature. > > This sounds a bit like a possible security problem, though > presumably/hopefully > limited by the current security level and AAA. Do you mean in the case an external module could then be loaded instead of a built-in one? Probably that someone who wants to prevent the kernel from loading external modules would use a kernel without MODULAR, or change the runlevel. This reminds me though: why/how does sysctl/kern.module.autoload default to 1 for non-MODULAR kernels (at least on netbsd-6)? Or an alternative question: are these sysctl knobs useful at all with non-MODULAR kernels, or are they then artifacts? Thanks, -- Matt
