Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932135AbVLUBdM (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:33:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932234AbVLUBdM (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:33:12 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:7656 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932135AbVLUBdL (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:33:11 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:29:20 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Lee Revell cc: James Courtier-Dutton , Adrian Bunk , Sergey Vlasov , Ricardo Cerqueira , mchehab@brturbo.com.br, Linux Kernel Mailing List , video4linux-list@redhat.com, perex@suse.cz, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] 2.6.15-rc6: boot failure in saa7134-alsa.c In-Reply-To: <1135117067.27101.5.camel@mindpipe> Message-ID: References: <20051220131810.GB6789@stusta.de> <20051220155216.GA19797@master.mivlgu.local> <20051220191412.GA4578@stusta.de> <43A86B20.1090104@superbug.co.uk> <1135117067.27101.5.camel@mindpipe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 668 Lines: 21 On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Lee Revell wrote: > > With modules it's possible to test a new ALSA version without > recompiling the kernel or even rebooting That's TOTALLY irrelevant. Kernel modules work fine for developers. I'm not saying that _you_ shouldn't use modules. I'm saying that you have absolutely no business telling others not to compile these things in. Statically compiled drivers have advantages. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/