From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 05:02:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 05:02:39 -0500 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:36008 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 05:02:23 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:02:15 +0100 From: "J . A . Magallon" To: drew@drewb.com Cc: evaner@bigfoot.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The advantage of modules? Message-ID: <20010106110215.C4393@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <20010105225020.A1188@evaner.penguinpowered.com> <14934.44472.612519.658729@champ.drew.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <14934.44472.612519.658729@champ.drew.net>; from drew@drewb.com on Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 06:31:36 +0100 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.0.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- J.A. Magallon $> cd pub mailto:jamagallon@able.es $> more beer Linux werewolf 2.4.0-ac2 #6 SMP Sat Jan 6 01:38:26 CET 2001 i686 - 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/