On Dec 10, 2013 at 14:54, Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 08:06:42PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > Sometimes there are insane hard dependencies, but what's bad with those > > dependencies? Take a look at the modules compiled into the default > > kernel, most modules are unneeded on your machine ;). > > Huh? That is not insane at all! It allows the kernel to boot on as many > machines as possible. > > AFAIU, only the modules which are necessary for your machine are > actually loaded, so approx. an extra 20MB is used(?) which, these days, > shouldn't be a problem. Hm, somehow I haven't seen response mail from Ralf. OK, you guys that makes it pretty clear. I've been paying attention to kernel dependencies and quite for some time I did compiled custom kernel, but in the end I've tired, since anyway not much performance is gained. Being a Gentoo fan/user for a while I was just curious about software management and possibility to limit dependencies of software packages in Debian. Cheers, -Ivan
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