[Gllug] Module vs compiled in...

[Martin A. Brooks]

At 19:51 18/07/2003, you wrote:
>As far as I can tell, the only reason to build something as a module is
>because you haven't bought the device in question yet.

Wrong. Take USB devices and other hot-pluggable devices, you _want_ the 
drivers to dynamically load and unload, otherwise hotplugging would only 
ever work for the first device inserted, and it would have to be inserted 
before the kernel booted.


Martin A. Brooks, Clues Ltd
http://www.clues.ltd.uk/ 


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