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To: David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com>
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Subject: Re: Hardwired drivers are going away? 
In-Reply-To: Message from David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com> 
   of "Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:57:19 PST." <Pine.LNX.4.40.0201141055410.22904-100000@dlang.diginsite.com> 
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:45:39 +0100
From: Horst von Brand <brand@jupiter.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
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> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > > 1. security, if you don't need any modules you can disable modules
> > > entirly and then it's impossible to add a module without patching
> > > the kernel first (the module load system calls aren't there)

> > Urban legend.

> If this is the case then why do I get systemcall undefined error messages
> when I make a mistake and attempt to load a module on a kernel without
> modules enabled?

AFAIU the security improvement of no-modules are way overrated.

[...]

> > > 3. simplicity in building kernels for other machines. with a monolithic
> > > kernel you have one file to move (and a bootloader to run) with modules
> > > you have to move quite a few more files.

> > tar or nfs mount; make modules_install.

> not on my firewalls thank you.

You keep compilers and stuff on your firewalls then?!

I get them over via ssh or by floppy/CD. Same idea.
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Horst von Brand			     http://counter.li.org # 22616
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