kcmodule & module states

[MitchG]

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

[Dennis Handly]

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

[MitchG]

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.

[Dennis Handly]

>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.