>
> Jon Pennington wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > Modularize it! Things like ethernet cards, sound cards, and PPP <snip>
>
> Sorry, I didn't read through all of the thread's articles, but I think
> this has not been mentioned. Security. Modules are a security risk,
> because you can put _anything_ in another one's kernel.
You will have to explain that one as a normal _user_ cannot load or unload
modules. Not on my machines at least.
>
> Apart from that: What's the reason for using modules on a 128M RAM AMD
> K6-2 300 machine?? (If you don't need multiple dummy devices :-)
For the same reason it would be on _any_ other machine.
>
> Marc
>
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> University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
>
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>
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Regards Richard.
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