> I understand where you are coming from, but I don't agree. Patching a kernel > is not a simple process when juxtaposed against all the different > distributions out there. As well there really isn't any disadvantage to > modules. Nevertheless, even so, lets consider this: well, i guess like 95% of the linus kernel can be compiled into it so why not conform to that standard? not conforming imho might even result in our future new I-patch being just like the old one: not used by anyone as it is too "outside" of the normal kernel and to difficult to install Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/