On Monday, 13.10.2008 at 09:46 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > I am under the impression that for a kernel function, like a driver, > to be present and function correctly one has to mark it either 'Y' or > 'M' in the kernel .config. > > But that the combination of 'Y's and 'M's is immaterial as to the > functioning of the driver. > > Am I correct? Broadly-speaking, that's correct. Compiled-in modules and stand-alone modules should behave similarly, but ... > This in regard to trying to get smartctl to work with my external USB > ATA drive. Which works OK with the debian kernel but not in my own > compiled one. ... I've sometimes found that for ad-hoc devices which you attach during use (such as USB-stuff), using a kernel module seems to behave better. Not sure why. Why are you compiling your own kernel, if the Debian kernel works? Dave. -- Dave Ewart davee@ceu.ox.ac.uk Computing Manager, Cancer Epidemiology Unit University of Oxford / Cancer Research UK PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370 Get key from http://www.ceu.ox.ac.uk/~davee/davee-ceu-ox-ac-uk.asc N 51.7518, W 1.2016
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