On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 09:59:34PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
On Saturday 2009-09-05 21:51, Greg KH wrote:
Yes, this is true, but the original question was referring to the -rt kernels, which I did not touch.
Anyway, what's the problem of having these drivers built into the kernel and not a module?
That your kernel grows when doing that, and ipv6 itself already contributes like 230K. scsi_mod another 140K, just to name two. Even if you end up using them, it seems fancier having them as modules :)
But it's slower to boot. And 99% of all systems that we ship load both of those modules. And, by building them into the kernel, you actually save a bit of space, as the kernel can throw away the __init section, which it does not for kernel modules.
[N.B. Over the past year, the amount of modules loaded in a Linux system rose near the number of the modules loaded in a Solaris 11beta system.]
Does it actually affect overall performace and is it faster than the increase in processor power and memory sizes? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+help@opensuse.org