On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 01:36, Tony Gogoi wrote: > > why don't you just do a make modules_install ? maybe it just needs the > > presence of such a file > > regardless of wether your kernel is modular or not.... atleast, if > > nothing else , to ensure that there are no module > > dependencies..... > > > A modular kernel may be a little more unstable then a monolithic kernel > I've heard. I feel it would be better to have a monolithic kernel for a > server. At least there won't be any probing for a non-existent device + > race conditions. Another good reason (my primary reason, actually) for putting a monolithic kernel in a server is for security's sake. Not being able to load modules narrows the threat vector a bit. Andy - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
