From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 7 May 2002 16:03:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 May 2002 16:03:33 -0400 Received: from outbound.ea.com ([12.35.91.3]:60110 "EHLO outbound.ea.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 May 2002 16:03:32 -0400 Subject: Has anyone integrated the e1000 driver into the 2.4.x kernel From: Thomas Schenk To: LKML Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.4 Date: 07 May 2002 15:04:08 -0500 Message-Id: <1020801852.26725.23.camel@bagend.origin.ea.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I am working a project where I need to be able to compile the Intel e1000 driver into a monolithic kernel, but the readme says that you can only use the driver as a module. Is there some technical reason why this driver cannot be compiled into the kernel instead of being used as a module? Tom S. -- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ | Tom Schenk | A positive attitude may not solve all your | | Online Ops | problems, but it will annoy enough people to | | tschenk@ea.com | make it worth the effort. -- Herm Albright | +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+