Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: Bootscreen | Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:53:45 +0100 |
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Am Dienstag, 28. Januar 2003 15:32 schrieb Wichert Akkerman: > Previously Alan Cox wrote: > > I'd not really pondered people who compile many drivers into their kernel > > instead of into the initrd. I guess a few people still do that. > > Agreed - what you probably want to do is have a minimal kernel that > boots an initrd which loads modules for the rest. If the kernel is
Why? If you do an embedded system you go for minimal memory. You'd probably compile a kernel without module support. You know which hardware is to be supported, so you gain nothing at all by using modules. Frankly, even for a normal system, why compile an initrd for drivers you need during everyday operation? If you compile yourself at all, why pay the price in memory and TLB misses?
Regards Oliver
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