[Gllug] Modules vs Static in Kernel

[Dylan]

On Friday 18 July 2003 15:18, t.clarke wrote:
> Personally, I prefer to have the drivers that are in constant use linked
> statically into the Kernel.  OK, if I change the motherboard, I might have
> to recompile - but this is unlikely to be a frequent event; more likely the
> kernel will be upgraded before the motherboard !
>
> The other reason for preferring static drivers is that I got a bit fed up
> with gratutious messages being splattered onto the console every time the
> printer driver module was re-loaded (usually when printing something);
> since the module was being automatically removed after so many minutes of
> disuse !

As a matter or further interest - If a module for a NIC gets unloaded, how 
does the machine know to reload it when a remote connection is made?

Dylan

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