RE: kernel size (was: How do I get GATEWAY2000 PS/2 mouse to work?)
Todd,
Do you disagree? Aren't you simply saying that you'd go down the 'pared
down kernel route'? (Note: when I say pared down, I don't preclude the
possibility of using modules.)
Casper Boden-Cummins.
>----------
>From: Todd Tyrone Fries[SMTP:todd@miango.com]
>Sent: 19 August 1996 21:06
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: kernel size (was: How do I get GATEWAY2000 PS/2 mouse to
>work?)
>
>> > The real question is whether the default kernel should be bloated with
>> > features, or pared down.
>
>I disagree. The default kernel need not contain anything that isn't
>necessary
>to boot. This means floppy, minix, and ramdisk drivers. Ide might be
>useful;
>this should (imho) be loadable as a module, though. But anyway, to
>the
>mouse. ps/2 mice can be loaded as modules. As long as it is loaded
>when it
>is determined that the user has a ps2 mouse, I see no reason why it
>can't
>be included in the available modules at boot time, and at the same time
>see
>no reason why it should be in the default kernel; modules work. Use
>them.
>
>If someone decides they'd rather not load the ps2 module, but compile
>it into
>the kernel, well, they can.
>
>--
>Todd Fries .. todd@miango.com
>
>
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