Re: [PATCH] Add kernel parameter to blacklist modules

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 08:32:41AM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> Blacklisting a module in linux has long been a problem.  The process of
> blacklisting a module has changed over time, and it seems that every OS
> does it slightly differently and depends on the age of the init system
> used on that OS.

And why would we care about blacklisting a module?