On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 02:31:34 +0200, Glen Wagley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm about to recompile my kernel for my Gentoo box. I noticed that one of the > options was to compile in support for the emu10k1 driver. I originally compiled > it in but I keep getting errors when I try to modprobe it.
If you compiled in the support (rather than making it a module) you do not modprobe it. modprobe is for loading modules. > I'm thinking I just > needed it compiled as a loadable module. When using Debian, I just had to select > it in the list of modules to load, add my user to the audio group, and I had > sound. Is there any advantage to compiling support directly into the kernel or > are loadable modules the way to go? In short, yes, loadable modules are the way to go. Supposedly there's a size (maybe even speed) advantage to compiling it in, but you lose the ability to unload it, etc. Then suppose you get a different sound card, you've got a section of your kernel that's not used. ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
