At the moment, my kernel is a somewhat random mix of things that are
compiled directly in, compiled as modules, or compiled as external modules
(like nvidia).
I'm about to go from gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r9 to 2.6.10, but I was
wondering just what would happen if I simply went through my kernel c
On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:12:29 +1300
Tom Eastman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At the moment, my kernel is a somewhat random mix of things that are
> compiled directly in, compiled as modules, or compiled as external modules
> (like nvidia).
>
> I'm about to go from gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r9 to 2
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Tom Eastman wrote:
| I'm about to go from gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.9-r9 to 2.6.10, but I was
| wondering just what would happen if I simply went through my kernel config
| and compiled absolutely *everything* that can be a module, as a module.
|
| In my h
On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 02:12:29PM +1300, Tom Eastman wrote:
> What do people think? Does it seem like a good idea? Or is it just
> immensely stupid?
>
> Tom
Modules are handy, but the way I figure it, things like modules and
initrd's are a pain to do by hand, and mostly exist to meet the nee
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:34:49 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 02:12:29PM +1300, Tom Eastman wrote:
>
> > What do people think? Does it seem like a good idea? Or is it just
> > immensely stupid?
> >
> > Tom
>
> Modules are handy, but the way I figure
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 22:34:49 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Modules are handy, but the way I figure it, things like modules and
> initrd's are a pain to do by hand, and mostly exist to meet the needs of
> generic distributions and LiveCD's and the like. If you don't blow away
> your source tree
comparing the number of new kernels I use compared to how often I
upgrade hardware. For me I dont unload kernel modules. the only
modules I have are sound and video. I think you have to load them as
modules. Anyways depending on how often you upgrade your kernel and if
you actually need to modu
