Re: CD Writer for filesystems, & HD Backup SW HowTo - Recommendations please?
On Sunday 27 January 2002 01:21 pm, tluxt wrote:
> What is the topic relevant to those questions? - Device drivers?
> What is a "module"?
>
modules are, essentially, device drivers. with the linux kernel, you get the
option on compiling them into the kernel, or loading them as modules. the
advantage of using modules is that the kernel stays leaner, taking up less
memory space. on my system, those drivers that i use regularly and always
want to be available and are unlikely to change for a while--e.g. printer,
zip drive, ethernet card--are compiled into the kernel. anything that i might
want to modify with regularity, i set up as an external module that is loaded
into memory by the kernel as need dictates. in linux, you get to play around
with pretty much every aspect of your system. driver modularity (is that a
word?) is part of what enables that.
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