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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:13:05 +0530
From: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Compiling modules statically
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theblues> the driver statically. When I follow the instructions=20
theblues> on building a custom kernel the vge driver gets built=20
theblues> as a module.

Modules will get built even if the relevant driver is already
statically linked into the kernel.  No-one has got around to
integrating config(8) with the kernel module build system.

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