> If you are compiling a new kernel from source each time you install a new
>> version (as most people in this mailing list probably do) then that is true.
>> However I expect that in the near future most Linux users will be installi
>> ng binary kernels without having the knowledge to compile their own kernel (
>> if this hasn't happened already). IMHO to support such use of Linux and to
>> compete effectively with lesser OSs we need to make these things tunable.
I can see it now, a little graphical dialog box that says "You have to
recompile your kernel and reboot to activate this feature. Do it now?"
BTW, dude, your paragraphs have no newlines. It sucks.
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Bob Forsman thoth@gainesville.fl.us
http://www.gainesville.fl.us/~thoth/