On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 02:52 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > <dropped kernel-maint from cc. That's the default bug assignee, > which is somewhat strange to cc> > > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 02:41:58AM -0400, Chris Snook wrote: > > > It also makes it much more difficult to troubleshoot those subsystems or > > work around their quirks. I wouldn't have a problem with ext3, jbd, or > > dm_* being built-in, but anything that deals with hardware should really > > be modular. Of course, that wipes out most of your list. > > > > I'd really rather focus on optimizing modprobe than sacrificing the many > > benefits of modularity for a very small performance boost. > > There's another reason why usb hcd's were proposed to be built-ins. > We may get to use usb-serial for logging boot messages if we do so. > (and also build-in the relevant usb-serial modules). It also means, if you build the HID driver in as well, that you get a working C-A-D handler when you panic before init(8). - ajax -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
