Re: kernel question

[David Wright <d.wright@open.ac.uk>]

Quoting Brian Servis (servis@purdue.edu):
> > 
> > Actually, if you set versioning info on all modules, you're required
> > to compile ppp support as a module.  Besides that, if you use modules
> > at all, you may as well just load things as needed since you've already
> > committed to the overhead incurred by modularizing.
> 
> But things like NIC drivers, sound card drivers, etc, that are always
> present are much nicer to have compiled in.  The kernel can auto config
> them at boot for the most part, no need to specify io, irq, etc.  Where
> as things like filesystem support, net protocols, etc are much less of a
> hassle to load in and out.  I tend to compile permantely connect
> hardware in and software things that are not needed much as modules.

I like my NIC (3c509) driver in a module as I've had problems in the
past (who knows if it's software or an analogue fault on the wire)
with the network locking up. I have a script to down the card, reload
the module and up the card, restarting the print queues too.
It rarely happens now, but could save a reboot.

Cheers,

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