Re: Linux 9 stretch What to do about reviving speakup?

[Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>]

Hello,

Didier Spaier, le mar. 02 avril 2019 00:08:28 +0200, a ecrit:
> didier[~]$ grep -i speakup /boot/config-generic-4.19.30.x64 
> # Speakup console speech
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_ACNTSA=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_APOLLO=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_AUDPTR=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_BNS=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECTLK=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECEXT=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_LTLK=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SOFT=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SPKOUT=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_TXPRT=y
> CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DUMMY=y
> didier[~]$
> 
> @Samuel: is there any benefit modularizing these drivers?

Saving kernel memory (i.e. non-swappable memory), mostly. Normally one
can switch from one driver to the other without having to unload them.

Samuel