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0 pointsfuj4y ago0 comments

Isn't this the case for every major OS? I know FreeBSD device drivers can be (un)loaded on-the-fly. Same for MacOS. I assume it's also possible in Linux(?)

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kaladin-jasnah4y ago

It is. I believe you use

  modprobe -r kernel_module_name

to unload a kernel module and

  modprobe kernel_module_name

to load it.

Arnavion4y ago

Linux lets you disable dynamic modules. OpenBSD removed support for them some years ago.

astrange4y ago

macOS doesn't let you load kexts anymore since it's less important with drivers moving to userspace.

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