On 2006-01-11, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Brian Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 10:19:45PM +0100, >> Francis GUDIN wrote: >> > Hum... not exactly: my host is a 2xPPro >> (200MHz). Rebuilding a kernel is >> > about 1/4 hour. Rebooting globally lasts a >> few minutes. Joy, joy, joy... >> > Oh ! Also: i'd like to avoid launching X >> everytime, firefox (s**t) and >> > all over again. This *is* painful. This is >> why i asked... >> >> VMware? Qemu? Bochs? >> > > Uh, you don't have to rebuild the entire kernel > source every time, sillyboy. Only the module you > change will have to be recompiled. > > Its easy enough to stop x from launching. > > DT
OK, 'sillyboy' is going to rephrase it: i know that modules do exist, thank you. What i'd like to know a bit more about is the way drivers get plugged into the kernel, then how probing is done, and so on. Francis.
