Timeline for Since when are Linux drivers loaded as kernel modules?
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| Nov 24, 2022 at 8:27 | comment | added | Stephen Kitt | @Thorbjørn yes, that’s one of the advantages given in the “Module HOWTO”: “LKMs can save you memory, because you have to have them loaded only when you're actually using them. All parts of the base kernel stay loaded all the time. And in real storage, not just virtual storage.” Not only is the initial kernel blob smaller, but modules can be unloaded when they’re no longer necessary, which was important in small systems (e.g. for a removable hard drive: you could unload the FAT, USB etc. modules when the drive was unplugged). | |
| Nov 24, 2022 at 8:06 | comment | added | Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen | If I recall correctly modules also made the kernel blob smaller which was important at one point. | |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 21:13 | history | edited | Stephen Kitt | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Answer the question about technique. |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 14:15 | vote | accept | Niklas Rosencrantz | ||
| Jul 26, 2017 at 14:05 | history | edited | Stephen Kitt | CC BY-SA 3.0 | It’s actually 1.1.85. |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 14:00 | history | edited | Stephen Kitt | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 127 characters in body |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 13:55 | history | answered | Stephen Kitt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |