On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:42:00PM +0100, Manuel Moreno wrote: > ** kernel-sourcecode (or whatever you call it) _is_ necessary to build > drivers from other developers or vendors (madwifi, hostapp, intel, Umm nope. Arjan is right here. The end user built modules don't need and actually can't safely use kernel-sourcecode. BTW one thing you might want to look at in this area is DKMS which is perhaps the current best of breed management tool for this problem space. > ** size is not an argument against because there are _enoumous_ > 'debuginfo' packages and they are rebuilt and posted regularly. Not on the CD images Alan