Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Hardwired drivers are going away? | Date | Mon, 14 Jan 2002 19:04:34 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> 1. security, if you don't need any modules you can disable modules entirly > and then it's impossible to add a module without patching the kernel first > (the module load system calls aren't there)
Urban legend.
> 2. speed, there was a discussion a few weeks ago pointing out that there > is some overhead for useing modules (far calls need to be used just in > case becouse the system can't know where the module will be located IIRC)
I defy you to measure it on x86
> 3. simplicity in building kernels for other machines. with a monolithic > kernel you have one file to move (and a bootloader to run) with modules > you have to move quite a few more files.
tar or nfs mount; make modules_install. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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