FAI kernel image without modules.

[Sam Vilain]

On Tue, 04 Feb 2003 17:20, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> As a rule I use kernels without module support built in for my kernels.
> It's not that I care that deeply about the issue -- it's just that
> having everything I use built in means that I don't have to administer
> module configuration or anything like that.

Watch out.  Some kernel modules (eg, most PCMCIA drivers) don't even work 
when hard compiled in.  This might just be the momma's boy modules who 
rely heavily on userspace programs.  But it also makes it more difficult 
to set driver options; you need to do it on the kernel command line.

What's better - having to configure a modules.conf, or having to deal with 
the side effects of dozens of buggy Linux kernel drivers misinitialising 
on bootup?

The answer, of course, depends on the variety of systems you have - and 
hence the number of drivers you need to compile in.
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Sam Vilain, sam at vilain.net

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