From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FpuXg-0003Bj-14 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:05:52 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5CM28w7003495; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:02:08 GMT Received: from ms-smtp-05.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-05.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.44]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5CLlDiN016373 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:47:14 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-68-201-116-137.gt.res.rr.com [68.201.116.137]) by ms-smtp-05.texas.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5CLlC7D020716 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:47:12 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <448DE0E0.3010207@gt.rr.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:47:12 -0500 From: "Anthony E. Caudel" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060604) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Module philosophy: Compile-in or Load References: <448CFAAA.7030102@gt.rr.com> <448D284E.2040705@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <448D284E.2040705@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k5CM28wO003495 X-Archives-Salt: 08dfb43f-4670-47b2-af00-c533f084516f X-Archives-Hash: 76bb0993d1aa3c2a8b0b98f615d8e324 Michael Weyersh=E4user wrote: > I usualy start with a kernel with almost everything compiled in (but > only things I definitely need), only using modules when I have to > (USB for suspend2 comes to my mind). Over time whenever I need > something new (filesystem, hardware driver,...) I tend to compile it > as a module to avoid a reboot. As I do not upgrade my kernel very > often this happens more often than you might think (last upgrade was > from 2.6.11 to 2.6.16, on my laptop from 2.6.10 to 2.6.16). >=20 > I don't really care about the 300k more used memory (hardly worth a > thought on systems with 1 GB RAM and more) or the 0.3 seconds faster > boot process. Modules just come in handy when it comes to avoiding a > reboot. OK, this seems to confirm something I had suspected but never investigated: - that you can compile just a module without the need to recompile and install a revised kernel. This is possible? How? "make modules_install" or the whole thing: "make && make modules_install" then just modprobe the new module? Tony --=20 Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list