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    [–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

    Hu? You don’t need to type root password to load a kernel module automatically , do you?

    I mean, do you have to type the root pw if you plug in a wifi dongle that requires an out-of-tree module?

    As far as I understand, you have to type root pw only for installation and update of the module and, depending on distribution, even that is not really visible since you type root pw to install tons of stuff all the time.

    [–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 hours ago

    Let's rephrase: Have you ever needed to enter your root password while installing a game through a launcher such as Steam?

    How would that kernel module be installed if nowhere from installing to actually running the game did it have access to the kernel?