topic Re: kcmodule & module states in Operating System - HP-UX

kcmodule & module states

MitchG — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:26:04 GMT

Took a look through the previous threads, and have read the man page, did not get the education I needed - so I have what will be an easy question for most of you:

We are migrating to 11.31, and I am looking at the kcmodule command, and the states of a number of modules that we have used previously.

When a module is listed as "static best", I know MAN says the module is statically linked into the kernel, but is it being called or used ?

Splain please. Thank you.

Mitch

Re: kcmodule & module states

Dennis Handly — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:22:48 GMT

When it is static, it is forced into the kernel, which means it doesn't know or care whether called or used.

Re: kcmodule & module states

MitchG — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:41:03 GMT

If I have this module

asyncdsk static best

is it available for use by applications on the system ? That's what I was looking for. Sorry for being brain-dead, been on 11.11 too long ...

Thx.

Re: kcmodule & module states

Dennis Handly — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:03:24 GMT

>is it available for use by applications on the system?

Yes, the module is available for applications that know how to access the proper driver/device.