A side question if you don't mind.
It is my understanding that people use modules
to make a lighter/smaller kernel. Is that correct?
Other reasons?
I have compiled kernels 30 times or so and most of the
time I have no modules loaded. (maybe because I am clueless?)
Are modules supposed
Andy said:
A side question if you don't mind.
It is my understanding that people use modules
to make a lighter/smaller kernel. Is that correct?
Other reasons?
some things cannot be compiled into the kernel, or cannot be
easily compiled into the kernel. examples are nvidia drivers,
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If it can be compiled into the kernel it will
be on my systems. Which makes me sad to see that future linux
kernels will be module-only.
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I thought that Linus was quoted as saying that the function of the
kernel should not be to pass messages
Shawn Lamson said:
I thought that Linus was quoted as saying that the function of the kernel
should not be to pass messages to modules. That it should
interact directly with hardware. (obviously I am not quoting here). ie.
the kernel _should_ be monolithic. Why are they going to
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