not needed drivers

Hi All,

Read a lot on the internet to improve my DO VPS. I have found some stuff to remove, because we do not use it anymore… or it is old legacy. Can i remove those drivers without problem?

thanks, Peter

for i in $(find /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/net/wireless -name “.ko" -type f) ; do echo blacklist $i >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-wireless.conf ; done for i in $(find /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/scsi/fcoe -name ".ko” -type f) ; do echo blacklist $i >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-fcoe.conf ; done for i in $(find /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/bluetooth -name “.ko" -type f) ; do echo blacklist $i >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-bluetooth.conf ; done for i in $(find /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/pcmcia -name ".ko” -type f) ; do echo blacklist $i >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-pcmcia.conf ; done for i in $(find /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/infiniband -name “.ko" -type f) ; do echo blacklist $i >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-infiniband.conf ; done for i in $(find /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/isdn -name ".ko” -type f) ; do echo blacklist $i >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-isdn.conf ; done for i in $(find /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/firewire -name “.ko" -type f) ; do echo blacklist $i >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-firewire.conf ; done for i in $(find /lib/modules/uname -r/kernel/drivers/ieee802154 -name ".ko” -type f) ; do echo blacklist $i >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-ieee802154.conf ; done

yum remove lvm2* # unnecessary hard drive partitioning system yum remove nfs* # nfs (legacy file sharing) yum remove iscsi* # scsi over internet (also removes dracut-network) yum remove fcoe* # fibre channel over ethernet yum remove lldpad* # for fibre channel over ethernet

sed -i ‘s/1-6/1/g’ /etc/syconfig/init # only a single getty available sed -i ‘s/1-6/1/g’ /etc/init/start-ttys.conf # only a single getty available

Unnecessary services: rpcbind nfslock lldpad fcoe rpdidmapd