Re: Everything as a module

["C. Oda" <craig@example.com>]

On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Jim Tittsler wrote:

> "C. Oda" <craig@example.com> wrote:
> >[...]
> >If the package works as advertised, is there any negative effect
> >of simply loading everything as a module?  This would eliminate the
> >need to recompile the kernel if a person changed their ethernet
> >card or something.
> 
> It is slightly less memory efficient to load a module than to simply
> link in the code.  A module's size is always rounded up to the next
> 4KB boundary upon loading.
> 
> But as you point out, it is handy for things that change or drivers
> you want to hack on.

I've been having a bit of fun with the kernel.  I've loaded a.out
support, floppy, cd-rom, sound, DOS fs, iso9660, and just about 
everything else as a module.  Kernel is now about 250K or something,
down from 380K.  I've also compiled Java binary support into the
module and can now run both Java applications and applets the
same as any other executable.  

I had a problem initially with the file system support module
not loading fast enough for me to mount a system, for example
iso9660.  However, for some strange reason, it just cleared
up.

Regards,
Craig


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