Re: [gentoo-user] Gigabyte and controlling fans

[Dale]

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Sunday 12 December 2010 20:34:22 Dale wrote:
>
>> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday 12 December 2010 05:20:27 Dale wrote:
>>>
>>>> That comes from lm-sensors.  Hmmm.  Since I have my stuff built into
>>>> the
>>>> kernel, can I still use that or would they clash somehow?
>>>>
>>>> Also, this is a desktop not a laptop just in case it matters.
>>>>
>>>> Dale
>>>>
>>>> :-)  :-)
>>>>
>>> a) building the sensor stuff into the kernel is stupid
>>> b) yes
>>>
>> Why is it stupid?  I been using Linux for years and have no modules
>> except for nvidia and don't think I ever have either.  What difference
>> does it make if it is a module or built in?
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
> because sometimes the only thing to get a device back in working order is to
> remove the driver and reload it. Easy with modules. Not with built in drivers.
> Sometimes you have to try/use different options. Easy with modules, but a
> reboot with built in drivers.
>
> Rule of thumb: everything you need to boot built in, everything else modules.
> Results in the least problems.
>
>

Well, having them built in has worked all these years.  If I have a 
driver problem, I get a new kernel.  Solves that problem.

Dale

:-)  :-)