Anton Aylward wrote:
On 04/20/2015 01:06 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
We are already doing a load-on-demand for kernel modules. If you run a ATI or a Nvida GPU then you have to load the driver. Is it too much to ask to extend the /etc/modules/d/ tree to 'strip' or ever load "blacklisted" modules?
No, it's not too much, but what would you gain? What's the business-case and how does the installer pick the right sets of modules?
The Installer? I'm the one that edited the blacklist. I'm the one that has tor rebuild -- or used to before I adopted Intel -- the nvida driver.
Ah, I thought you were talking about reducing the number of modules at install time, sorry.
That happens when I do things like a mkinitrd.
And every time I download a new kernel the old one(s) get purged, according the policy I set in zypp.conf. I see no reason additional purging of blacklisted modules shouldn’t be possible at that point. Because downloading a new kernel from kernel_Stable results in the mkinitrd ...
I agree it would be nice to reduce the number of times the initrd is being rebuilt - you only have to update mdadm, and voila, a new initrd. Apart from that, I don't really get what it is you're suggesting. Purging unneeded/unwanted modules would only save disk-space, I think. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (8.1°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - free dynamic DNS, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org