On Thursday 02 October 2003 09:48 am, gabriel wrote:
> on a recent thread, someone explained how to get your linux box to read
> a windows partition by compiling your kernel for vfat/ntfs support.
> they then went on to explain how to set it up so that your kernel can
> either (a) compile this stuff in, or (b) compile them as modules and
> load them automatically.
>
> so my question then is: why compile something as a module if you're
> going to load it into the kernel at boot anyway? what are the
> (dis)advantages?
>
> thanks
>
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One other aspect of having your drivers/modules compiled into the kernel...
security. If it's built into the kernel, there's now way an interloper can
sneak a modified module(s) into your linux box...
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