Re: performance cost of modules?

1996-10-15 Thread David Puryear
Hi Bruce, You wrote: > > > Does anyone know the performance cost of modules? > > They use a bit more locked-down RAM in the kernel than non-modular > drivers, however not generally a significant amount. Execution speed > should not be different. The thing you might be

Re: performance cost of modules?

1996-10-15 Thread Bruce Perens
> Does anyone know the performance cost of modules? They use a bit more locked-down RAM in the kernel than non-modular drivers, however not generally a significant amount. Execution speed should not be different. The thing you might be noticing is the delay for run-time loading a module (

Re: performance cost of modules?

1996-10-15 Thread Gerry Jensen
On Mon, 14 Oct 1996, David Puryear wrote: > Does anyone know the performance cost of modules? I just > compiled kernel 2.0.22 without modules and one with modules. I > noticed that kernel without modules run noticeably faster. I've never heard of this problem before. What m