| From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? | Date | Thu, 03 Jan 2002 09:08:14 +0000 |
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esr@thyrsus.com said: > Think useability. On Macintoshes, you configure a kernel by moving > the equivalents of modules in and out of a system folder. Users tune > their kernels by moving files around -- no muttering of elaborate > incantations required. *That's* the direction we should be moving in; > there is no good technical reason for the process to be anywhere near > as arcane as it is now.
We have it better than that already. The distro vendor provides all the modules and they're automatically loaded on demand - you don't even need to move them into the system folder.
-- dwmw2
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