From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 9 10:35: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from turtle.looksharp.net (cc360882-a.strhg1.mi.home.com [24.2.221.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA3F114CEA for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 10:35:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsdx@looksharp.net) Received: from localhost (bsdx@localhost) by turtle.looksharp.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA57406; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 13:35:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bsdx@looksharp.net) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 13:35:00 -0500 (EST) From: Adam To: Ilia Chipitsine Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie has a lot of questions... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >not exactly. >having modules allows you not to recompile kernel at all. >why should I recompile kernel if I want to add support to sound card ? >I'm not using sound stuff anymore ? so, unload the module. > >_without_ kernel recompiling, _without_ reboot. >isn't it just as good ?! > >modules are lovely ... Yep, that would be nice if more things in FreeBSD were more modular, especially when you are toying with drivers or hardware, but IMHO once I am set on what configurations I want to run, I'd rather have one kernel with everything I need(want) and have the option to disable module loading completely for security reasons. Also I wouldnt want to be stuck without network access if my network card module got damaged, etc. Also, if you are going to have particular modules loaded all the time like network card, sound, etc, why bother having them seperate? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message