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On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:42:04PM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 10:37:29PM -0700, Mark Johnston wrote:
> > ...
> > Does "lkm" mean "loadable kernel module"? If so, why?
> 
> Yes, so you dont have to reboot to write and debug new versions, so
> you can have a kernel without minidump if you want, and I am sure
> there are others.  More importantly, why not?  Modules are good,
> staticially linked rarely used code is bad.

That sounds pretty awesome, keep it up!

./danfe ("modularize everything" proponent)