[ale] Modules

[Jim Popovitch]

> Is there or will there ever be any way to just download a module
>and plug it in without having to recompile the kernel?

Sure!  I do it all the time.  Samba, Diald, FTP, updates, bug-fixes, new
applications, and even a few games.  Where did you get the idea that
everything had to be compiled?  Open Source means just that, it's *open*, as
in available for you to use.  It doesn't mean you have to take advantage of
it's openness and compile everything.  Some guys (and gals) do, but then
there are still those among us who change the oil in their own cars.

-Jim


-----Original Message-----
 From: Michael B Golden <naugrim at juno.com>
To: ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 7:25 PM
Subject: [ale] Modules


> Is there or will there ever be any way to just download a module
>and plug it in without having to recompile the kernel? Like, would I ever
>be able to instantly enable sound by downloading the module dropping it
>in, and rebooting? Basically, only using up as much disk space as the
>module requires (not requiring kernel source), and only as much time as
>downloading takes?
>
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