>Read the kernel HOWTO and compile support directly >into the kernel for >ne2kpci. You probably don't want the driver to be >modular, unless you >rarely need to use your nic, and you have limited RAM >resources.
There IS a good reason for NOT compiling stuff into the kernel that is ALWAYS used, and that is to keep the size of the thing down. At some point you end up with a kernel that is TOO BIG to boot, even though almost EVERYTHING compiled in is really in use most of the time. (Not MY system, but an overstuffed server that is also a router and a firewall could end up that way.) The 'Universal kernels' used for boot/install disks HAVE to be modular so as to be able to support ANY scsi card or Network card present at boot time. Now having said all that, most people should probably build everything they use into the kernel for their desktop systems EXCEPT for the sound card which 90% of the time needs ISAPNP to work and therefore MUST be a module as it has to load AFTER init has configured the card via ISAPNP. (same would apply to pnp modem cards, network cards, etc that can't have pnp disabled). == Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or ..... _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com