Re: Rusty's module talk at the Kernel Summit

Rusty Russell
2002-07-11T02:43:01Z

On Thu, 4 Jul 2002 10:24:11 -0700
"Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com> wrote:
> The system that I am composing this email on has 1.1MB of
> modules and does not have sound drivers loaded. It has ipv4 and a
> number of other facilities modularized that are not modules in the
> stock kernels. Every system that I use has a configuration like this.
> With a lower per-module overhead, I would be more inclined to try to
> modularize other facilities and break up some larger modules into
> smaller ones, in the case where there is substantial code that is not
> needed for some configurations.

For God's sake, WHY? Look at what you're doing to your TLB (and if you
made IPv4 a removable module, I'll bet real money you have a bug unless
you are *very* *very* clever).

Modules are not "free". Sorry.
Rusty.
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