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 1Fpfbt-0000i6-7R for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:09:13 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5C67riI000654; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:07:53 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5C61BYh008272 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:01:12 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id x31so1583659pye for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:01:11 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:x-virus-scanned:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type; b=h1/Nz8PJi1xT4PC5O2l2EDIsfPfliT0Fkg2LYY8aKDKCLtbl/Mg+Zxbv3Xo8JAVOh0Kb2r65EZhiZa3tOyJyspkBeSv8EyqFbg8jV7K2jZStEiTdymlxeBd1OJDIITipaICEqC7P7DJ/rMsPLpQY+c31vxwEhVX1/gzbXDxUPw4= Received: by 10.35.107.20 with SMTP id j20mr3605831pym; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:01:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ladonis.lannet ( [71.111.119.175]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id v53sm326972pyv.2006.06.11.23.01.09; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:01:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ladonis.lannet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 440216B383 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:44:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localhost Received: from ladonis.lannet ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 48igajcwFBJK for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ladonis.lannet (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ADD8E6B955; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ladonis.lannet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9671F6B383 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:44:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Susbauer To: Gentoo Mailing List Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Module philosophy: Compile-in or Load In-Reply-To: <448CFAAA.7030102@gt.rr.com> Message-ID: References: <448CFAAA.7030102@gt.rr.com> 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 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Archives-Salt: 269e8916-78cb-450f-b57e-ebaf31df55d9 X-Archives-Hash: f5e6a0f1cbbcedf9b493a71a7d64cc8b On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, 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 > I have never used any modules that I didn't have to. At this point, I use none. They are all compiled into the kernel, because I don't have a point to unloading or loading. The only point for modules in any of my experience is if you're often changing hardware (possibly a laptop with a base station... or something?) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list