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Windows drivers can be loaded and unloaded dynamically, yes. It's also possible that they're using "shut down" semantically and not literally, in that the drive
by Arnavion 5y ago
Windows drivers can be loaded and unloaded dynamically, yes. It's also possible that they're using "shut down" semantically and not literally, in that the driver is loaded but inactive while the game isn't running.
- fuj 5y agoIsn'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(?)
- kaladin-jasnah 5y agoIt is. I believe you use modprobe -r kernel_module_name to unload a kernel module and modprobe kernel_module_name to load it.
- Arnavion 5y agoLinux lets you disable dynamic modules. OpenBSD removed support for them some years ago.
- astrange 5y agomacOS doesn't let you load kexts anymore since it's less important with drivers moving to userspace.