On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 13:07 +0300, ext Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > >> Often, in the embedded world, the person defining the operating > > >> states will not be a kernel developer, and may not be comfortable > > >> with, or capable of, creating a kernel module. (There are > > > > > > That's okay, we can create HOWTO or something. 'System designed is > too > > > stupid to hack kernel' should not be an argument. > > > > It's not a matter of stupidity. The example I gave of not being > > able to create a kernel module was the situation where loadable > > module support is not available. A HOWTO wouldn't alter this. > > So they need to recompile the kernel. Not a big deal when you are > developing new machine. > 1 time yes, several maybe, thousands no. think about it as finding minimums in a n-dimensional discrete function: you really don't want to recompile a kernel each time -- Cheers, Igor Igor Stoppa (Nokia M - OSSO / Tampere)