very common kernel modules slow down the boot process

[Harald Hoyer]

Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Harald Hoyer <harald at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>>> correct… seems to be started by NM / dbus according to the bootchart…
>>>>
>>> This *should* be in the background and not actually be delaying the boot.
>>  The point is: Why is it started anyway? I have *no* wireless! No need to
>> eat disk/CPU resources (which *is* delaying the boot).
> 
> Authentication isn't just for wireless anymore...  Many network
> switches can be configured to require 802.1x authentication from a
> system before allowing access to the network.  I'll be looking into
> enabling 802.1x authentication here at work this summer.  This is a
> case of having things "just work" - having the world's fastest boot
> time shouldn't be the ultimate goal here.
> 
> Jeff
> 

where is the option to turn this authentication daemon off?