I don't know of that the kernel is faster if you don't use modules, I seriously doubt its true and for your case it would work much better -- the module is only loaded once and then its in memory.
on Sunday 09/25/2005 Roberto Winter([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > yeah, I found this: (here: > http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/archives/vox-tech/2005-08/msg00024.html) > To blacklist a module I believe you just add it to > /etc/hotplug/blacklist. But in the case of ub vs. usb-storage, simply > blacklisting or hiding the ub module won't do. You actually have to > rebuild your modules after disabling CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB. > > guess I'll recompile the kernel!... > > someone once told me that not having the modules would make my kernel > faster... is that not true? > recently I have questioned this approach as I had to compile the kernel over > and over. > should I just go back to modules? > > thanks a lot!!! > roberto. > > On 9/25/05, Hendrik Sattler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Am Sonntag, 25. September 2005 22:26 schrieb Roberto Winter: > > > First of all I do have hci-hcd, ehci-hcd, and usb-storage compiled in > > the > > > kernel. Not as modules though, but that doesn't make a difference. > > > The thing is that I also hav UB compiled and it is not a module, so I > > can't > > > simply unload it. Is there a way to tell the kernel not to load it? > > > How do I use hotplug for that? Can someone point me a good reference > > > maybe?... Can I use modutils blacklisting in that case? > > > > In this case, you have to recompile your kernel. > > One more point for using modules. One more point for only compiling in > > stuff > > that you know that you'll need it. > > > HS > > > > -- > > Mein GPG-Key ist auf meiner Homepage verfügbar: > > http://www.hendrik-sattler.de > > oder über pgp.net <http://pgp.net> > > > > PingoS - Linux-User helfen Schulen: http://www.pingos.org > > > yeah, I found this: (here: <a > href="http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/archives/vox-tech/2005-08/msg00024.html";>http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/archives/vox-tech/2005-08/msg00024.html</a>)<br> > <span style="font-style: italic;">To blacklist a module I believe you just > add it to</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> > <span style="font-style: italic;">/etc/hotplug/blacklist. But in the > case of ub vs. usb-storage, simply</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> > <span style="font-style: italic;">blacklisting or hiding the ub module won't > do. You actually have to</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> > <span style="font-style: italic;">rebuild your modules after disabling > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB.</span><br> > <br> > guess I'll recompile the kernel!...<br> > <br> > someone once told me that not having the modules would make my kernel > faster... is that not true?<br> > recently I have questioned this approach as I had to compile the kernel over > and over.<br> > should I just go back to modules?<br> > <br> > thanks a lot!!!<br> > roberto.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/25/05, <b > class="gmail_sendername">Hendrik Sattler</b> <<a href="mailto:[EMAIL > PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote > class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); > margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > Am Sonntag, 25. September 2005 22:26 schrieb Roberto Winter:<br>> First > of all I do have hci-hcd, ehci-hcd, and usb-storage compiled in the<br>> > kernel. Not as modules though, but that doesn't make a difference.<br> > > The thing is that I also hav UB compiled and it is not a module, so I > can't<br>> simply unload it. Is there a way to tell the kernel not to > load it?<br>> How do I use hotplug for that? Can someone point me a good > reference > <br>> maybe?... Can I use modutils blacklisting in that case?<br><br>In > this case, you have to recompile your kernel.<br>One more point for using > modules. One more point for only compiling in stuff<br>that you know that > you'll need it. > <br> > </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid > rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: > 1ex;">HS<br><br>--<br>Mein GPG-Key ist auf meiner Homepage verfügbar: <a > href="http://www.hendrik-sattler.de";> > http://www.hendrik-sattler.de</a><br> oder > über <a href="http://pgp.net";>pgp.net</a><br><br>PingoS - Linux-User helfen > Schulen: <a > href="http://www.pingos.org";>http://www.pingos.org</a><br></blockquote></div><br> -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED]
