Re: kernel compile and modules

1999-11-15 Thread aphro
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, J Horacio MG wrote: homega >> 2) if you need to load something else (i.e. isapnp) before the driver homega >> loads homega > homega >should PPP be compiled as a loadable module then? nah, PPP is a network(software) thing not a hardware thing. homega >well, I recently made so

Re: kernel compile and modules

1999-11-15 Thread J Horacio MG
El dom, 14 de nov de 1999, a las 03:58:58 -0800, aphro dijo: > > the only real benefit i can see to compiling sutff as modules is: > > 1) if you think you may need to unload it at some point this is what I actually thought... you can have the kernel compiled with lots of loadable modules just in

Re: kernel compile and modules

1999-11-15 Thread Onno
At 01:27 AM 11/16/99 +0100, J Horacio MG wrote: Hi, I'm about to build a new kernel (2.2.10), and would like to go over the steps for compiling (not make kpkg) as I'm not sure about them: # make config (or menuconfig) # make mrproper # make menuconfig here I have a doubt about the options w

Re: kernel compile and modules

1999-11-15 Thread Kevin Heath
On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 01:27:10AM +0100, J Horacio MG wrote: > here I have a doubt about the options which can be configured as > loadable modules instead of compiling into the kernel. Say I use a > device too often, eg. cdrom. If I configure it as a loadable module, > would this imply the perfo

Re: kernel compile and modules

1999-11-14 Thread aphro
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, J Horacio MG wrote: homega >would this imply the performance would be any different than if compiled homega >it in the kernel? Or, ppp, or other services which can be used oftenly. the only real benefit i can see to compiling sutff as modules is: 1) if you think you may nee