insmod vs built-in

[Alexandros Papadopoulos]

On Monday 24 May 2004 23:20, Alaios wrote:
> Kalispera :)
> Gnorizetai ean ypaxei diafora metaksy enos stoixeiou
> pou exei metaglotistei mesa ston pirina kai enos allou
> pou pernietai san module mesa apo tin entoli insmod?
> Exo tin entyposi pos den yparxei diafora alla tote
> giati den pername ta panta san modules?
> Eyxaristo

Epeidh 8a htan san na prospa8eis na shkwseis ton eayto sou trabwntas ta 
kordonia twn papoutsiwn sou. (bootstraps)

O pyrhnas xreiazetai builtin ena-dyo pragmatakia gia na ksekinhsei to 
boot, kai meta mporei na fortwsei olo to sympan apo functionality mesw 
modules.

H syzhthsh peri tou TI xtizeis ws module kai ti bazeis mesa ston pyrhna 
einai ligo poly sa distro war, opote as mh mpoume se ayth.

Me th xrhsh enos initial RAM image (drive), alliws gnwsto kai ws initrd, 
to functinality pou xreiazesai hardcoded ston pyrhna elaxistopoieitai.

-A

PS: Epishs anti gia to insmod xrhsimopoihse to modprobe. Pio high level.