XPost: comp.os.linux.development.system   
   From: jarda47133@spambob.net   
      
   Mark Hobley wrote:   
      
   > In alt.os.linux.gentoo phil-news-nospam@ipal.net wrote:   
   >> But the drivers are not all loaded.  That's what a modular kernel   
   >> is for, so you don't have to load everything.   
   >   
   > To build a monolithic kernel, you simply configure the drivers to be   
   > build in, rather than being built as a module and disable support   
   > for module loading.   
      
   Not necessarily true. Sometimes it happens, that some stuff will work   
   only if it's a module. Time ago I wasn't able to get ALSA running if   
   compiled in the kernel. Same thing for 3c59x Vortex driver. I don't   
   know, how it would be now, maybe it works since long, I didn't bother   
   to try as I don't care if the stuff is compiled in or a module. But   
   what happens in those two examples can happen with something else.   
   Sure, the problem might have been between the chair and the keyboard.   
   But even if it's so, you are stuck with a modular kernel.   
      
   >   
   > It is very easy. Just make sure that you have a list of your   
   > required drivers before you build the kernel.   
   >   
   > Mark.   
   >   
      
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