Bug#81768: marked as done (general: no autoclean)
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:23:06 +0100
From: Kiss Gabor <kissg@gatling.aszi.sztaki.hu>
Subject: general: no autoclean
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Sorry for not specifying the category more precisely.
I use several Debian 2.2s, with kernel module loading (i.e. no kerneld).
Some systems has 'cron' others use 'anacron'.
I found, that there is no crontab entry that removes unused modules
from memory. However I remember in 2.1 cron ran "rmmod -a" every
five minutes.
(Yes, I can fix this on my own hosts. ;-)
Regards
Gabor
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux gatling 2.2.17 #1 Wed Oct 18 13:29:10 CEST 2000 i586 unknown
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:39:05 +0100
From: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>
To: Kiss Gabor <kissg@gatling.ikk.sztaki.hu>, 81768-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#81768: general: no autoclean
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In-Reply-To: <[🔎] 200101100923.KAA03638@gatling.ikk.sztaki.hu>; from kissg@gatling.ikk.sztaki.hu on Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 10:23:06AM +0100
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Previously Kiss Gabor wrote:
> I use several Debian 2.2s, with kernel module loading (i.e. no kerneld).
> Some systems has 'cron' others use 'anacron'.
> I found, that there is no crontab entry that removes unused modules
> from memory. However I remember in 2.1 cron ran "rmmod -a" every
> five minutes.
This is not a bug, it is a deliberate choice. The problem with "rmmod -a"
is that:
1. it spins up the disk on laptops, which is unwanted
2. it can tickle a race in the kernel related to module unloading, which
is really uwanted
3. not unloading modules generally doesn't hurt you at all
Wichert.
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