Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 28 Apr 1996 10:15:40 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Clucas <> | Subject | Re: dropping kerneld... |
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On Sat, 27 Apr 1996, Lauri Tischler wrote:
> Anno Domini 25 Apr 96 at 22:11, Bjorn Ekwall wrote: > > > > Let me just tell you that you are missing a lot if you're not using kerneld :-) > > Yup, I'm missing a lot of pain and useless complications by not > using kerneld and modules. Quite useless contraptions both.
What pain? I got the source for kerneld, compiled it, put it in somewhere appropriate in /etc/rc.d, and recompiled the kernel with modules. I wouldn't call that pain, or complicated
> > Oh Well.. modules I can tolerate on a 'open enviroment' where the box > is open all the time and the frantic developer keeps switching boards > in and out all the time.
What about for those things that are hardly ever used in a production server, like the floppy drive, but it would be annoying to have to recomplile the kernel for :)
> Production server which is fixed in configuration and stuffed into a > closet, works best with monolithic kernel.
But this isn't how many people use their linux machines.... is it?
> Any lurking need to use kerneld is easily cured by getting enough > memory.
Of course, this also requires enough cash.
Alan
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