chris...@astron.com (Christos Zoulas) writes:
>In article <20190929090053.g...@homeworld.netbsd.org>,
> <m...@netbsd.org> wrote:
>>On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 01:29:39AM -0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>>> + "compat_linux",
>>> + "compat_linux32",
>>
>>As for the actual change, I'd like to see it integrated through
>>modules.conf, not via settings of default sysctl values. I think it's
>>bad user experience.
>modules.conf contains module names and their arguments. It is a configuration
>file for each module. There are already sysctls in the kern.module. tree all
>related to autoloading.
Everything currently in modules.conf is loaded permanently. One argument
for adding autoload support would be that it allows to configure module
parameters in a common place, as autoloaded modules cannot get parameters
yet. It could also be used to configure policies (e.g. blacklists).
But that's a far way.
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