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Date:	Mon, 24 May 1999 07:22:26 PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Points about the meeting the 15th

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> Dallas Legan said:
>
> >... I thought recompiling the kernal to handle new
> >hardware was a fairly common thing with UNIX systems.

Steven Levine wrote:
>
> ... Sun drivers are loadable "as needed".

Same with Linux (it's optional - you can compile them in if you want or
load them as needed). In Linux the load-on-demand drivers are called
"modules" (I think).

- Peter Skye

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