On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:51:29 -0400, Jim Henderson wrote:

> On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:29:24 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:
> 
>> How so? Drivers can be compiled into kernel, but most are not any more,
>> and they can be added or removed, without effecting the kernel itself.
>> You do have to compile it for the specific processor though, so where
>> exactly do you think I contradicted myself?
> 
> Looking at the source for the version of Android on my phone, I see the
> drivers in with the kernel source.
> 
> My router (which is not Android-based, but Linux based) is the same. 
> Not x86 hardware, but it uses drivers for hardware that is readily
> available on x86 systems, so the drivers are in the kernel tree.

Note that when I do compiles for my router, the drivers are modules, but 
they're still part of the kernel source tree.  Modular or compiled-in 
modules still tend to be in the kernel source tree unless you're talking 
about something like the proprietary NVidia or ATI drivers.

Jim

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