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SubjectRe: Stop the Linux kernel madness
FromXavier Bestel <>
DateMon, 21 Jun 2004 09:25:37 +0200
On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 10:07 +0300, Hannu Savolainen wrote:

> What would the modules directory look like if the next generation devices
> get included there too? Or if all the drivers for currently
> unsupported defence, telecom, aviation, instrumentation and other special
> purpose devices get included in the kernel source tree?

Having more maintained drivers in the kernel can't be a bad thing. For a
standard desktop or server, having all these drivers installed
under /lib/modules is also beneficial. Makers of embedded distributions
will continue to heavily customize their kernel and applications, as
they always did.

	Xav

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