Paul Goyette writes: > GENERIC kernels already include at least one instance of sensor, > watch-dog, and power-switch, so all the sysmon sub-component drivers > are included and "built-in" whether or not the kernel is MODULAR. > (Confirm by running modstat(8) and observe that all symon modules > are "built-in".) > > It seems to me that we should be (more) worried about "autoloading > isn't something you can depend on." Are there bugs or other issues > concerning autoloading? If so, they need to be fixed. If it's just > a matter of having autoload support in the kernel, how would that be > any different than having support for "all common drivers" included/ > built-in? :)
it's about the decision that GENERIC will not depend upon modules and will include all common drivers. the middle ground of the old GENERIC/MODULAR kernel split was to include all the modular code, but also the drivers. as to autoloading, i turn it off on almost all my systems. i do not want to trust that my modules match my kernel given our current system of separate builds for kernels and modules. i'm positive i am not the only one who feels this way. (i actually object to autoload being enabled by default because of these issues, but it's usually easy enough to disable myself.) .mrg.
