[systemd-devel] Presentation was a success

[Reindl Harald]

Am 06.12.2013 15:36, schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
> On 12/06/2013 12:43 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>> Am 06.12.2013 12:38, schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
>>> On 12/06/2013 12:30 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>>>>> In 7th slide - "Improvements" - Only necessary kernel modules
>>>>>> How does it actually refers to systemd?
>>>>>
>>>>> You do not need to have modules loaded that are not used much. They can be loaded when a program that needs
>>>>> them is
>>>>> run and unloaded when the program terminates. This is done with:
>>>>>       /etc/modules-load.d/<PROG>.conf
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll try to make a video tonight to demonstrate this
>>>>
>>>> /etc/modules-load.d/ *adds* modules otherwise not loaded
>>>> by the kernel and they are loaded at boot
>>>
>>> Strange I thought that I used this to have the loop module loaded when starting truecrypt
>>> and unloaded when stopping truecrypt. I have to check this out
>>
>> no, it is to have the module loaded when truecrypt is installed and stop try
>> to load it at boot after it is uninstalled, there is not much to checkout
>> because the syntax of the file even in theory has no connection to a running
>> process and so it can't work this way
>>
>> additionally it would be wrong because unload kernel modules is not
>> always a good idea - better said: it is rarely a good idea if not
>> done by hand for a reason
> I made a screencast some time ago. The part from 09:10 to 12:10 shows this happening. (loading and unloading when
> truecrypt is started and quit)

does not change the fact that /etc/modules-load.d/ loads at boot
and is not involved in unload modules

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