Subject: Re: GENERIC is absurdly big
To: Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/22/2003 00:40:20
>
> Wojciech Puchar [Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 10:19:35AM +0100]:
> > then you have to build your own kernel. and that's right way to do - not
> > having 1000 of modules like in Redhat linux where most "administrators"
> > never built their own kernel.
>
> I think, that the way of thinking "I built my own kernel, therefore I'm
> l337" is very funny.
>

rather bad to see lots of "admins" not knowing that kernel recompilation
exist at all

> Having 1000 modules not only makes the kernel smaller, it reduces the need
> for reboots and allows hardware vendors to distribute their own ones (aka
> "drivers").

i rather prefer source modules than unknown code.