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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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Subject: Re: kernel module configuration
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On 2004-08-15 18:04, Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be> wrote:
> in the kernel configuration one can enable various devices by the
> respective 'device' statement. It seems that most drivers go into
> the kernel directly. Some drivers such as 'acpi' produce a kernel
> module.
> How is determined which modules become built in and which become
> modules?

If you don't include something in the kernel it's built as a module.

> Can I have 'ohci' as a kernel module?

I haven't tried.  I don't know for sure.

- Giorgos