Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:29:20 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [Alsa-devel] 2.6.15-rc6: boot failure in saa7134-alsa.c |
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On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Lee Revell wrote: > > With modules it's possible to test a new ALSA version without > recompiling the kernel or even rebooting
That's TOTALLY irrelevant.
Kernel modules work fine for developers. I'm not saying that _you_ shouldn't use modules.
I'm saying that you have absolutely no business telling others not to compile these things in. Statically compiled drivers have advantages.
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