A side question if you don't mind..... It is my understanding that people use modules to make a lighter/smaller kernel. Is that correct? Other reasons....? I have compiled kernels 30 times or so and most of the time I have no modules loaded. (maybe because I am clueless?)
Are modules supposed to load automatically? For example, if I don't know my sound card on my laptop, and I load every sound module when doing xconfig, and then upon first boot, does linux simply see what card I have and then load appropriate module? (never works for me....again clueless...) You will see below he has smbfs as a module. When I put the samba file system into my kernel as a module, and I run lsmod, there is nothing there. Does it get loaded if I try to mount a samba server? Confused....... > sandbox:/usr/src/linux# lsmod > Module Size Used by Not tainted > pcmcia_core 41472 0 > parport_pc 25672 1 (autoclean) > lp 6912 0 (autoclean) > parport 21696 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] > iptable_filter 1672 0 (autoclean) (unused) > ip_tables 10392 1 [iptable_filter] > lvm-mod 46816 0 (unused) > nfsd 42792 0 (unused) > smbfs 31248 0 (unused) > binfmt_misc 5696 1 > binfmt_aout 4196 0 > usbcore 48064 0 > sound 52812 0 (unused) > soundcore 3236 2 [sound] > 3c59x 24624 1 > raid0 3080 1 > raid1 11820 0 (unused) > raid5 15784 0 (unused) > xor 8644 0 [raid5] > nbd 14724 0 (unused) > linear 1288 0 (unused) > md 43488 1 [raid0 raid1 raid5 linear] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]