From: Scott Bronson <bronson@rinspin.com>
To: Ruth Ivimey-Cook <Ruth.Ivimey-Cook@ivimey.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IDE? IDE-TNG driver
Date: 17 Aug 2002 17:28:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1029630519.1541.11.camel@emma> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208172353330.3111-100000@sharra.ivimey.org>
On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 15:57, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:
> a) some people want basically module-less kernels
Everyone I've heard advocating a moduleless kernel uses an argument that
boils down to "it's slightly more secure." Does anybody have a GOOD
reason for not using modules? Obsolete or embedded hardware arguments
don't count.
> b) in some environments, you need to be able to select the IO mechanism
> without the ability to select the module to load.
If that's the case, won't a kernel parameter suffice? Can you
elaborate?
- Scott
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-18 0:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-16 21:00 IDE? Martin J. Bligh
2002-08-16 21:28 ` IDE? Linus Torvalds
2002-08-17 11:52 ` IDE? Matthias Andree
2002-08-17 12:06 ` IDE? IDE-TNG driver Andre Hedrick
2002-08-17 13:56 ` Skip Ford
2002-08-17 15:23 ` Matthew D. Pitts
2002-08-17 20:07 ` Alan Cox
2002-08-17 17:16 ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
2002-08-17 18:03 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-08-17 22:57 ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook
2002-08-17 23:06 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-08-18 3:01 ` Erik Andersen
2002-08-18 0:28 ` Scott Bronson [this message]
2002-08-18 3:47 ` Scott Bronson
2002-08-18 4:07 ` Thomas Molina
2002-08-18 4:20 ` CaT
2002-08-19 0:03 ` David Lang
2002-08-19 9:11 ` Helge Hafting
2002-08-17 12:08 ` IDE? Russell King
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-08-26 19:17 IDE? IDE-TNG driver David Balazic
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