Re: [Question] about modules/inline benefits

From: Oliver Neukum
Date: Tue Jun 03 2008 - 03:54:41 EST


Am Dienstag 03 Juni 2008 09:28:59 schrieb Sitsofe Wheeler:
> Modules allow you to support more hardware as there is a maximum size of the
> core kernel image.

But you pay for every module with half a page of unused RAM and module
code will be in vmalloced memory thus increases TLB pressure a bit.

Regards
Oliver

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