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From: Nicolas Sebrecht <nsebrecht@piing.fr>
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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Fwd:How about the gentoo server or cluster in
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The 21/02/14, hasufell wrote:

> So you are saying compiling a minimal kernel to minimize exposure to
> subsystem bugs is only obscurity? (I really wonder what Greg would say
> to this)

Developers made the kernel to rely on modules. Distributions relies on
them. Since they are almost always loaded on demand, Gentoo does not
make things better in this area, either.

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht