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Subject: Re: IDE?  IDE-TNG driver
From: Scott Bronson <bronson@rinspin.com>
To: Scott Bronson <bronson@rinspin.com>
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> Everyone I've heard advocating a moduleless kernel uses an argument that
> boils down to "it's slightly more secure."  Does anybody have a GOOD
> reason for not using modules?  Obsolete or embedded hardware arguments
> don't count.

Someone replied off-list saying that initrds are too hard to create.

That's true.  They are.  One day, hopefully that will change.

Any other reasons?

    - Scott




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