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Re: modules vs. device drivers: Act 2



Hi,

On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Udi Finkelstein wrote:

> Ok, after everyone has been saying that modules are completely independent of
> the kernel, I'm still skeptical for the following reasons:
> 
> 1. Why does each module has 3 options (built-in/module/none) in the kernel's
>    .config file? 2 options should have been enough, as module==none.

module compiles the module. none doesn't compile it. that's the
difference.

> If modules are COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT of the kernel, how did I get 2
> **different** kernel images??

I believe the kernel contains date & time of compilation, therefore you
can't get the same kernel twice. (I can be wrong about this, though)

Shachar Tal
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