On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 11:48, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> I've got a couple of kernel-related questions ...
>
> In a server environment, for drivers that are not essential for booting
> (i.e. scsi or ide), do you think kernel modules are preferable to
> built-in drivers?
Sometimes you have to use modules. For example, the USB subsystem
requires modules to be used. (Badness happens when a gadget is plugged
in and "hotplug" it tries to load the gadget-driver that is already
compiled into the kernel.) It would be a guess that the same goes for
Firewire.
I mention USB, even though you are working on a server, because you may
be using a USB keyboard ('coz PS2 sux) or printer attached to the box.
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Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/
