Mick Howe wrote: >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? > >/\/\ick >
What the other guys said, but I'd like to add that I prefer to compile the sound drivers as modules , though you must compile the kernel with sound support. This way you can play with the module options more easily, e.g. to get a joystick working. Also you can swap between OSS/ALSA. Geoff -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
