Iyer wrote: > What is the advantage of loading and unloading device drivers, apart > from memory savings? Yes, this becomes important in embedded devices. Not for normal desktop usage however. Does loading and unloading of kernel modules > enhance stability ? Only if you are testing an unstable driver, and even then it is more for testing. You *should't* be able to take down a system with a bad driver, but you never know. You have a modules you want to test, you start up the machine, make sure everything works normal, then load module, debug. I have lots of memory in a device and the device > will run only one application on it, would loading and unloading of > device drivers by the application prove to be beneficial as compared to > device drivers being compiled into the kernel ? > > Your views are appreciated by this kernel greenhorn > One thing to I use modules for is when certain hardware devices have multiple drivers that will work with them For instance I had an IDE controller that had a general driver that would work, but not great. It also had more specific driver that had better feature but I could not get the better driver to be in charge of the hardware. I then compiled both as modules and passed the modules I wanted loaded in what order at boot time. Problem solved. > Thanks > iyer > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=47094/*http://farechase.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTFicDJoNDllBF9TAzk3NDA3NTg5BHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDZ3JvdXBzBHNsawNlbWFpbC1uY20-> > with Yahoo! FareChase. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
