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Modules and the kernel



All this talk about loading modules raises a question:

As far as I understand, if a certain module is to be used, a kernel must be
compiled for it. This means that an arbitrary vendor cannot ship an xyz.o
module to support it's scsi card because the user's kernel must be compiled
for it, right?

While most Linux hackers find it easy to recompile a new kernel (myself
included), how many people could add an arbitrary module to the kernel source
tree? How many *users* could do that?

Is there any work done on adding true device drivers for Linux (that can be
added without recompiling a kernel)?