: Dirk.Eddelbuettel > > Gerry> The only reason I can see for using modules is that if you only very > Gerry> rarely need some feature provided by a module and you want to save a > Gerry> little memory by not loading it all the time. If this is not your > Gerry> case, then I would recommend not using modules. > > I see it a little differently. On several occasions, I only needed something > extra (plip networking for example) from my kernel. It's very convenient to > just throw in the needed functionality when it's needed. I have a reasonably > fast computer, and enough diskspace. But I rather have modules than have to > recompile every second day, or to keep a dozen kernel images. > > I like modules. I've used them all the time in 1.1.* kernels. Being a ftape > user I had to read up on them anyway. I think they provide well-needed > flexibility. > I use modules too. I run linux on a small notebook (4MB) and it helps a lot to be able to mount filesystems and other features only as needed. I use PCMCIA services which also require modules anyway. This allows hot-swapping of PC-Cards. I haven't come round to switching to debian, though, so I can't tell how this works with the debian distribution, nor do I use development kernels.
BTW, having had read about people having problems installing DEBIAN in machines with 4MB I am not sure how to switch to debian. Would people who have done this please advise me how? Thanks very much, Luis. -------- Luis Francisco Gonzalez Hernandez School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9QH United Kingdom http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/users/luisgh
