Re: filemon

From: Zhenlei Huang <zlei_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 14:24:46 UTC

> On Jul 27, 2024, at 9:49 PM, void <void@f-m.fm> wrote:
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> Is it better to load filemon as kldload filemon, or to
> have it set as a device via 'device filemon' in the kernel config file? or to just load it when rebuilding the system?
> 
> There is man 4 filemon but nothing there to describe usage as .ko
> or device. System is n271321-9ae91f59c500 on arm64.

Some module needs to be statically linked ( aka device FOO ) to serve its function.

Since filemon can be dynamically loaded I guess it ( dynamically loaded ) has no differences on usage with statically linked one.

If it does have, then it should be warned in the man page.

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