[systemd-devel] Presentation was a success

[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)