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by admin
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12/16/02 6:35:38 PM
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New The last option is what I've done.
FS, network, and essential hardware is compiled into the kernel. Other things that may or may not be needed at some point in time are done as modules. No initrd needed, but modules are still available.
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by rickmoen
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12/16/02 8:45:02 PM
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Scott wrote:

FS, network, and essential hardware is compiled into the kernel. Other things that may or may not be needed at some point in time are done as modules. No initrd needed, but modules are still available.

It's a good compromise: It lets you try new things and have them be supported pretty much automatically, while ensuring that core drivers (ones you know you're likely to need for a long time) are always present. All you lose is a little disk space in /lib/modules -- and the tinfoil-hat paranoic's assurance inherent in non-module-supporting kernels. (One security theory goes that there's a slight security threat in modular kernels, in that the bad guys could hide their presence via a trojaned module in a way much more difficult to detect than via a presence in userspace.)

Rick Moen
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     2.4.19/20 problems - can't mount root fs - (admin) - (22) - Dec. 13, 2002, 04:14:25 PM EST
         Re: 2.4.19/20 problems - can't mount root fs - (rickmoen) - (15) - Dec. 13, 2002, 06:17:28 PM EST
             Known good 2.4.4 config -- stock - (kmself) - (2) - Dec. 13, 2002, 07:14:31 PM EST
                 Re: Known good 2.4.4 config -- stock - (rickmoen) - (1) - Dec. 14, 2002, 04:36:55 AM EST
                     Is stock. - (admin) - Dec. 14, 2002, 10:38:19 AM EST
             Re: 2.4.19/20 problems - can't mount root fs - (admin) - Dec. 13, 2002, 10:02:28 PM EST
             Prebuilt kernel: no joy :-( - (admin) - (10) - Dec. 16, 2002, 11:24:44 AM EST
                 Re: Prebuilt kernel: no joy :-( - (deSitter) - (9) - Dec. 16, 2002, 11:48:06 AM EST
                     Read the rest of the thread. ext2 is in the kernel. - (admin) - (8) - Dec. 16, 2002, 12:56:45 PM EST
                         Re: Read the rest of the thread. ext2 is in the kernel. - (deSitter) - (7) - Dec. 16, 2002, 01:04:22 PM EST
                             Kernels had ext2 in the kernel, not as a module. - (admin) - (6) - Dec. 16, 2002, 01:20:30 PM EST
                                 Okay... - (folkert) - (5) - Dec. 16, 2002, 04:07:08 PM EST
                                     I'll look that up. - (admin) - (4) - Dec. 16, 2002, 04:11:50 PM EST
                                         Rolling your own - (rickmoen) - (3) - Dec. 16, 2002, 06:14:36 PM EST
                                             The last option is what I've done. - (admin) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2002, 06:35:38 PM EST
                                                 Re: The last option is what I've done. - (rickmoen) - Dec. 16, 2002, 08:45:02 PM EST
                                             Re: Rolling your own - (deSitter) - Dec. 16, 2002, 09:01:23 PM EST
         Compiler versions - (rickmoen) - (1) - Dec. 13, 2002, 06:30:34 PM EST
             Re: Compiler versions - (admin) - Dec. 13, 2002, 10:06:01 PM EST
         Re: 2.4.19/20 problems - can't mount root fs - (deSitter) - (3) - Dec. 14, 2002, 12:05:35 AM EST
             The partition not mounting is ext2, not Reiser. -NT - (admin) - Dec. 14, 2002, 12:12:31 AM EST
             Was that a dig at Hans Reiser? - (static) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2002, 01:14:42 AM EST
                 Sure he did. - (deSitter) - Dec. 16, 2002, 06:55:32 AM EST

I'm glad I didn't have to explain it to you.
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