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I have a few modules I believe don't need to be started and are unused. If I removed these would I benefit from it at all (faster boot, better performance)?
here is what I seen could be removed: snd_intel8x0, pcspkr, xfs, and jfs
big thing I want out is the snd_intel8x0 because I don't think that should be here.
[david@arch ~]$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
udf 88708 0
isofs 33728 1
zlib_inflate 18176 1 isofs
snd_seq_midi 7328 0
yealink 11648 0
ohci_hcd 20100 0
ehci_hcd 33160 0
usbhid 48928 0
usblp 11904 0
usb_storage 75072 0
ppp_generic 28052 0
slhc 6656 1 ppp_generic
nvnet 70052 0
snd_intel8x0 30620 0
snd_ac97_codec 95136 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 2176 1 snd_ac97_codec
nvsound 1540920 2
snd_mpu401 5576 0
snd_mpu401_uart 6784 1 snd_mpu401
snd_rawmidi 21152 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_oss 33408 0
snd_seq_midi_event 6400 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 51984 5 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 7436 4 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 50848 0
snd_pcm 84100 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 22148 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 8840 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 49124 12 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 8160 4 nvsound,snd
nvidia 4083312 12
shpchp 44768 0
pci_hotplug 26692 1 shpchp
parport_pc 26436 1
serio_raw 6148 0
pcspkr 2052 0
analog 11040 0
ns558 4996 0
gameport 12424 4 analog,ns558
evdev 8064 0
rtc 10932 0
ppdev 7812 0
lp 9860 0
parport 33736 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
nvidia_agp 6556 1
agpgart 29904 2 nvidia,nvidia_agp
w83627hf 25488 0
hwmon_vid 2560 1 w83627hf
eeprom 5904 0
w83l785ts 5904 0
i2c_isa 3968 1 w83627hf
i2c_nforce2 6144 0
i2c_core 18176 5 w83627hf,eeprom,w83l785ts,i2c_isa,i2c_nforce2
usbcore 121604 7 yealink,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,usbhid,usblp,usb_storage
ntfs 229392 1
xfs 615552 0
reiserfs 269424 1
jfs 192636 0
ext3 133256 0
jbd 58132 1 ext3
sata_nv 7044 0
libata 54156 1 sata_nv
sd_mod 15744 0
ide_floppy 18048 0
ide_cd 39556 1
cdrom 38688 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 16000 5
generic 4356 0 [permanent]
amd74xx 14364 0 [permanent]
ide_core 120272 6 usb_storage,ide_floppy,ide_cd,ide_disk,generic,amd74xx
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Yes, your system would boot faster if you keep any unused modules from loading. My own system boots in about 12 seconds now.
oz
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12 seconds from kernel to gui? That seems a bit to fast to be true if so. Can I safely remove snd_intel8x0 and the others listed above or does nvsound rely on snd_intel8x0?
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12 seconds from kernel to gui? That seems a bit to fast to be true
No, I never boot directly into X... that's to a command prompt. Better add about 3 seconds if I'm going to log in, and then issue "startx".
oz
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To test if you need these modules, try as root
rmmod module_name
For xfs and jfs, if you are using initrd, you have to edit /etc/mkinitrd.conf and add
REMOVE_FS="jfs xfs"
Then build the initrd again with
mkinitrd auto
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