On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:35:19 -0700 Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sebastian Redl posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted > below, on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:04:56 +0100: > > > Duncan wrote: > > > >>You don't need to load /any/ modules at boot, if you compile > >>everything you'd normally load at boot and never unload, into the > >>kernel itself, instead of as modules. > >> > >> > > The single exception here are binary-only modules, usually > > proprietary drivers. The ATI graphics driver fglrx comes to mind. > > True, except that you shouldn't need to load it /at/ /boot/ either, > only when you run X. The rest of the time the normal kernel console > video driver should be fine.
Which is true unless you run a display manager and log in through that. The only hard and fast rule of Linux is that there are no hard and fast rules. -- Ian. EOM -- [email protected] mailing list
