From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Guy Van Den Bergh guy.vandenbergh@bigfoot.com Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:29:33 +0000 Subject: [LARTC] cbq.init v 0.6.1 Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org 
> 
> Second -- you said it all.  You answered Y to all the QOS stuff rather
> than M, so you have no modules, it's all compiled into the kernel (why
> do folks insist on building monstrous monolithic kernels??).
> 


Why tinkering with modules if you have the memory available anyway?
I have built a kernel with all I  need in it, and all I don't need out 
of it.
I think it is a lot easier (I never have to check whether module x or y 
is already loaded or not..).
With todays memory prices "monstrous" kernels are not a problem anymore 
anyway.

However, it is useful if you have to test new kernel functionality, or 
for building distributions with broad application possibilities.
But I do not see any reason to NOT build a monolithic kernel for just 
your own system.

Guy