Re: How to make module autoloading play nice with securelevel

[Jean-Yves Migeon <jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost>]

On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:34:09 -0400, Michael Richardson
<mcr%sandelman.ottawa.on.ca@localhost> wrote:
> Let me ask two highlevel questions:
>     1) what class of systems care to enable securelevel, yet still
>        need to load some random set of modules after boot?
>        Are they x86 desktops or multi-gigabit servers in the cloud?
>        (virtual or not)
>        Or are they embedded ARM/MIPS devices living inside light bulbs?

Certain kernel modules can be loaded long after boot, after securelevel
has been raised (like on demand loading). POSIX AIO, accf_data/http,
solaris/dtrace (hmm, works with securelevel?), etc.

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Jean-Yves Migeon
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