Re: speed difference between using hard-linked and modular drives?

[Robert Love]

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