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Subject: Re: speed difference between using hard-linked and modular drives?
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy@karlsbakk.net>
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On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 11:01, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> Are there any speed difference between hard-linked device drivers and
> their modular counterparts?

On top of what Ingo said, there is also a slightly larger (very slight)
memory footprint due to some of the module code that isn't included in
in-kernel components.  For example, the __exit functions aren't needed
if the driver is not a module.

	Robert Love

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