Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 09:30:14PM -0700, John Lowry wrote:
>> Iyer wrote:
>>> What is the advantage of loading and unloading device drivers, apart
>>> from memory savings? 
>> Yes, this becomes important in embedded devices. Not for normal desktop
>> usage however.
>> ...
> 
> I doubt this - the kernel size penalty of CONFIG_MODULES=y is so much 
> bigger than the size of a few modules.
> 
> cu
> Adrian
> 

I should clarify. Not comping all the different drivers under the sun
will save space, not enabling loadable kernel modules.

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