Re: [gentoo-user] Module philosophy: Compile-in or Load

[Teresa and Dale]

Anthony E. Caudel wrote:

>I was wondering what gentoo-users think and practice about kernel
>modules.  Do most compile them in the kernel or load them at boot-up.
>
>Note that I'm _NOT_ talking about those modules that have to be compiled
>in such as for your filesystem. This is about the other ones.
>
>I generally like to load them at boot-up.  One reason is that I have
>heard that for suspend or hibernate to work, some modules have to be
>unloaded.
>
>On the other hand, compiling them in results in faster boot times.
>
>So, what do gentoo-users think?
>
>Tony
>
>


Care to guess how much I like modules:

> root@smoker / # lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> nvidia               4551892  12
> root@smoker / #


I would have that one in there if I could.  I never did like them.

Dale
:-) :-)

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