On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Mick Howe wrote: > [ Humbug *Chat* list. ] > > I'm insterested I'm peoples opinions regarding what to build in to the kernel > and what to make into modules > > I'm running RedHat 7.1 on a Celeron 533, 640MB ram, 44x IDE CDROM, 2x write/ > 8x read IDE CDR, with two 4.3 SCSI HDDs, HP SureStor T4 SCSI tape, S3 virge > agp video, realtek 8139 nic, Ensonique 1371 sound, Plustek OP600p scanner. > > what do you do and why?
Everything that is normally in the box, I build into the kernel. So this includes their regular ethernet drivers, various filesystems (root FS need to be in the kernel of course). I only use modules if something unexpected needs to be loaded or setup (new usb device for example). Rob -- Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 104781119 Linux counter project ID #16440 (http://counter.li.org) blake: up 23 days, 13:44, 2 users, load average: 1.11, 1.03, 0.95 "The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens" -Baha'u'llah -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
