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On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:35:19 -0700 |
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Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> Sebastian Redl posted <436BBEE8.1070303@×××××××××××.at>, excerpted |
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> below, on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:04:56 +0100: |
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> > Duncan wrote: |
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> >>You don't need to load /any/ modules at boot, if you compile |
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> >>everything you'd normally load at boot and never unload, into the |
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> >>kernel itself, instead of as modules. |
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> > The single exception here are binary-only modules, usually |
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> > proprietary drivers. The ATI graphics driver fglrx comes to mind. |
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> True, except that you shouldn't need to load it /at/ /boot/ either, |
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> only when you run X. The rest of the time the normal kernel console |
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> video driver should be fine. |
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Which is true unless you run a display manager and log in through |
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that. The only hard and fast rule of Linux is that there are no hard |
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and fast rules. |
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Ian. |
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EOM |
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