From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:49:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:49:19 -0500 Received: from munchkin.spectacle-pond.org ([209.192.197.45]:22534 "EHLO munchkin.spectacle-pond.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:49:16 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:49:29 -0500 From: Michael Meissner To: "J . A . Magallon" Cc: drew@drewb.com, evaner@bigfoot.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The advantage of modules? Message-ID: <20010108114929.B11682@munchkin.spectacle-pond.org> In-Reply-To: <20010105225020.A1188@evaner.penguinpowered.com> <14934.44472.612519.658729@champ.drew.net> <20010106110215.C4393@werewolf.able.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20010106110215.C4393@werewolf.able.es>; from jamagallon@able.es on Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 11:02:15AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 11:02:15AM +0100, J . A . Magallon wrote: > > On 2001.01.06 Drew Bertola wrote: > > My best reasons are... > > > > Development: You don't have to recompile the kernel a billion times > > while working on a driver, you just recompile the module. Also, you > > can debug, unload, fix, recompile, reload a module to add or fix > > pieces of it all (hopefully) without rebooting. > > > > Practical usage: When I take my laptop on the road I use ppp, so I > > load it then. Most of the time I don't need it, so I don't load it. > > > > Usage: I have seen drivers which require params to work, and you can > only give params if the driver is built as a module (ie, > modprobe xxxxxx io=0x300 irq=5, etc...) because your hard is not > properly autodetected by the module. For many devices you can specify the parameters at boot time if you use something like lilo to boot. -- Michael Meissner, Red Hat, Inc. (GCC group) PMB 198, 174 Littleton Road #3, Westford, Massachusetts 01886, USA Work: meissner@redhat.com phone: +1 978-486-9304 Non-work: meissner@spectacle-pond.org fax: +1 978-692-4482 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/