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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >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 .. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
