Re: [why is kernel recompilation necessary?]

[Sherab Puntsok <alantam@netscape.net>]

For general information on kernel visit
http://linuxdoc.org/

For articles about kernel visit
Taking the Plunge: Compiling the Kernel
http://www.linux.com/newsitem.phtml?sid=60&aid-8841

Compiling the Kernel: Part 2
http://www.linux.com/firststep/newsitem.phtml?sid=60&aid=8931

Kernel Basics
http://www.linuxpapers.org/print_article.html?KERNEL_BASICS

Quest for a Leaner and Meaner Kernel
http://www.linuxcare.com/viewpoints/tales/04-12-00.epl

Alan

Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Why is it that under Windows or whatever I don't have to recompile
> the kernel just to add a new driver? Is it a protection thing? 
> Or an optimization thing? Or something else? -chris
> 
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