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RE: RE[2]: Modules and the kernel



> Not only. For example, I'd like to know how one can insert the ipx.o into
a
> kernel compiled without IPX being defined as a module. This doesn't tell,
> however, whether the problem is "real" or can be solved by a cleaner
module
> design.

	I'm not a hacker unfortunatly, neither have worked with IPX.  The
only
thing I really know is that in my Debian 2.0 everything is configured as
loadable modules, except sound.

	I know also that Caldera's port of Netware needs a patch to the
kernel
including a STREAMS interface, since Linus rejected STREAMS -- it would
slow down Linux!

	I'm so happy Linux is free, GPL!  no one dares insert bloat into
it...
in the commercial world probably Linux would have this "feature" already!


> at the current state of development). For example, practically any module
to be
> inserted into a SMP-aware kernel should be compiled with the __SMP__
defined

	This means that when I do a kernel recompilation to add SMP support
I
am also recompiling all modules I use?



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