Re: what is the advantage of loading and unloading device drivers, apart from memory savings?

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On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 09:30:14PM -0700, John Lowry wrote:
> 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.
>...

I doubt this - the kernel size penalty of CONFIG_MODULES=y is so much 
bigger than the size of a few modules.

cu
Adrian

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