Am Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2012 schrieb Kumar Appaiah: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 08:54:29AM -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > > The kernel provided when you install Linux, Debian included, has to > > work on nearly every system out there so it includes drivers for > > nearly piece of hardware that can be installed in a PC. > > > > I always compile a kernel with only the hardware I have in my > > computer. This gives me a smaller memory footprint and a smaller > > disk footprint. > > I'd like to get some proof of this. For many years, the Linux kernel > has been modular, and, barring some filesystem support and similar, > almost all hardware support is achieved by means of loadable > modules. So, a module is loaded only if you have the hardware which > has a need for it. This is why a stock Debian kernel will load the > driver for just an Intel sound card if you have one, and not drivers > for any other brands. However, tomorrow, when you switch out the sound > card, the same kernel can support the new sound card without needing a > rebuild. > > Please correct me if I have missed something here.
I agree here. I do not think that building lots of modules raises boot time or memory footprint if they are not loaded. -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201207112113.40234.mar...@lichtvoll.de
