------------------- > Hi, Sven Luther wrote: > > > This is bullshit. I don't think it is a great idea to modularize the > > kernel, and thus lose all the early debugging. We are going to hurt us if > > we go that way, especially as the boot process is now more fragile as it > > used to be, thanks to the initrd thingy, > > The workaround for this problem is to modularize everything that could > possibly break or hang the kernel. Load it after vesafb-or-whatever. > Problem solved.
I'd like to know how a modularized PCI subsystem can be loaded _AFTER_ a PCI dependent FB driver. What then if the PCI buswalk kills the kernel? I'm not even dealing with AGP here :P This is a gross example, still it proves that kind of idea can't be implemented. HTH, Thibaut VARENE PA/Linux ESIEE Team http://www.pateam.org/
