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From: Ian Hastie <ianh@××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: modules
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 02:14:40
Message-Id: 20051105021259.75ccbb93@iahastie.local.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: modules by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:35:19 -0700
2 Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote:
3
4 > Sebastian Redl posted <436BBEE8.1070303@×××××××××××.at>, excerpted
5 > below, on Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:04:56 +0100:
6 >
7 > > Duncan wrote:
8 > >
9 > >>You don't need to load /any/ modules at boot, if you compile
10 > >>everything you'd normally load at boot and never unload, into the
11 > >>kernel itself, instead of as modules.
12 > >>
13 > >>
14 > > The single exception here are binary-only modules, usually
15 > > proprietary drivers. The ATI graphics driver fglrx comes to mind.
16 >
17 > True, except that you shouldn't need to load it /at/ /boot/ either,
18 > only when you run X. The rest of the time the normal kernel console
19 > video driver should be fine.
20
21 Which is true unless you run a display manager and log in through
22 that. The only hard and fast rule of Linux is that there are no hard
23 and fast rules.
24
25 --
26 Ian.
27
28 EOM
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: modules Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>