On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 08:35:02PM +0100, David Laight wrote: > > I think that by MODULAR with built-in modules, you mean a barebones > > kernel linked with some .kmod's? I would love to see that. What has to > > happen to make it so? > > Probably just some 'round tuits'. > Mostly in the area of config() and the kernel makefile. > > First stage would be linking an existing kmod into the kernel and sorting > out the required data area linkage to get it initialised.
Wouldn't this provide an answer also the difficult question of autoloading driver modules? Assuming a robust mechanism, link everything and then selectively unload what did not attach during autoconfiguration? - Jukka.
