Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-23,: Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel

# Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel

Ralf Baechle (ralf@uni-koblenz.de)
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 11:04:33 +0200

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On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 05:14:20PM +0200, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> yodaiken@chelm.cs.nmt.edu wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 11:59:05PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > I would really like
> > > to boot up monolitic kernel on my laptop and _still_ use pcmcia ne2k.
> >
> > Why?
>
> Faster. Smaller. Fewer TLB entries.
> Arguably by negligable amounts.

A common and imho prety bogus argument for monolithical kernels and
against modules is security.

Ralf

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