Re: Monolithic kernel again

[Andrew Kelly <akelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 01:36, Tony Gogoi wrote:
> > why don't you just do a make modules_install ?  maybe it just needs the
> > presence of such a file
> > regardless of wether your kernel is modular or not.... atleast, if
> > nothing else , to ensure that there are no module
> > dependencies.....
> >
> A modular kernel may be a little more unstable then a monolithic kernel
> I've heard. I feel it would be better to have a monolithic kernel for a
> server. At least there won't be any probing for a non-existent device +
> race conditions.

Another good reason (my primary reason, actually) for putting a
monolithic kernel in a server is for security's sake. 
Not being able to load modules narrows the threat vector a bit.

Andy

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