Well, I've learnt a lot over this weekend:
Daniel and Jos�, you've given me valuable info, because I am going to approach this router & firewall setup differently now and incorporate your advice. I got this idea of compiling modules from a book by Debian developer Tony Mancill, called "Linux Routers". But now I realize that maybe he's talking about production routers in a development & testing context _plus_ I'm reading the 1st edition, which was written back in 2K when the world was still tame ( ! )
Anyhow, in response to my question "Can anyone still drop a line about compiling modules _after_ kernel compile?", Jonathan wrote:
I'm planning on doing a guide on that as a follow-up to the original article mentioned above, but haven't got around to it yet :-(
If you check the Debian Universe site in a while you'll see it there, I hope. I'm also intending to do a couple of chapters on firewall setup under Debian and security in general, but that's a little way off yet. Many other chapters to do first. When the time comes I'll be asking for some input from the brainiacs on this list.
Strange enough, after spending friday, saturday & sunday searching for a solution to compiling modules arbitrarily, I experimented with LRP and discovered that adding new modules to this Debian based dist is as simple as copying the driver (e.g. 3c59x.o) to /lib/modules.. (as long as you get the driver from the same source version as the kernel, of course).
As Nicos pointed out the LRP man has lost hope - but truth be told: LRP eliminates the need for a disk drive; its a small target for the enemy and it routes!
Thanks for all the replies.
Regards, Shango.
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