On 12/25/02 14:03, Joel Hammer wrote:
I wouldn't consider that a piece of cake at all. Its a kludge to work around your distaste for the modular architecture of the kernel. Use modprobe. It was designed to deal with all the complexities of loading modules, and handles it alot more sanely than the 15 steps process you created.I used to hate modules, until I gave up on modprobe and the like. I now love modules. Basically, when you want to install new hardware which needs new modules, either ask the group or just make xconfig and check off what you need as modules, and make modules and make modules install. You don't have to recompile the kernel.The newly compiled modules will be someplace like /lib/modules/kernelversion. Use insmod to install them. The only trick to to install them in the right order. Ask the group or use trial and error. Once this works, just write a script which loads the modules you want, when you want, and removes them when you don't need them. Note: Some modules won't install unless the hardware is hooked up to the computer. Piece of cake. And, really easier than reconfiguring the kernel. And, you don't have to reboot, thus preserving the valuable high number reported by uptime.
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