On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
> > I have a Nic card 10/100 that seems to work with all
> > distros and Woody but not the Debian bf2.4 (with out
> > recompilling the Kernal).
>
> Is there some reason any distro. can't load the same module
> for any hardware that any other distro. uses?
Distro-custom kernels with dubious patches.
> Is there a reason that any module can't be loaded if it
> wasn't compiled in?
Some drivers die often enough that it's handy to be able to unload/reload
them when necessary. I _think_ some drivers can only be compiled as
modules, but I'm not sure. (Something in the back of my mind is saying
"PPP compression".) I know the reverse is true.
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