Miroslav Lachman <000.f...@quip.cz> writes: > I'm a bit confused. If I understand it right, you say loader.conf > causes less memory fragmentation, but DES said "it still increases low > memory fragmentation". So what is true? And is this something to watch > out for, or is memory fragmentation not such a big deal?
I used the wrong term. The loader loads the kernel and modules into a particular region of memory, while modules loaded after boot can go anywhere. Furthermore, modules loaded by the loader cannot be unloaded. So loading modules pre-boot does not increase fragmentation, but it uses up memory from a much more limited pool than loading them later. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@freebsd.org
