> On Sunday 16 November 2003 05:31, Olivier Blin wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > arent the following pretty important, > > > and alwasys needed ? > > > > > the right question is - are they needed to *boot* kernel? > > > > > > -CONFIG_PACKET=y > > > > > +CONFIG_PACKET=m > > > > > > > > module > > > > > > > > > CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y > > > > > CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=m > > > > > -CONFIG_UNIX=y > > > > > +CONFIG_UNIX=m > > > > > > > > module > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > and what about ipv4 > > > > As I said in my other reply, I don't think these one should be build as > > modules. > > > > I run all of them as modules and do not have any problems. Unless you boot > > over LAN and need them to access root early. That is what I ask again - > just > how many users do it? Can it go into yet another kernel? :) At least > standard > kernel is targeted at home desktop users - am I wrong? >
you are right they are needed only for NFS root, which IIRC is disabled in the main 2.4 kernel, but they should be loaded right after boot ( modprobe.preload ? ) svetljo -- NEU F�R ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - f�r Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gru�, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse f�r Mail, Message, More! +++
