Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I just prefer being able to add new drivers without having to recompile 
> the kernel and reboot the machine - but that's just me...

  I have never had to recompile the kernel or reboot the machine because
of requiring a new driver.

  man modprobe

> OOC, what are the benefits?

  For example, the interfaces and protocols between the kernel and the
drivers can be modified easily without having to worry about backwards
compatibility. If an existing interface or protocol results to be a bad
design choice, or it results to have some inefficiencies in a newer
architecture, they can all be changed without problems. Basically, the
kernel is not burdened with backwards compatibility issues with regard
to drivers.

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                                                          - Warp

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