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> Wouldn't it be really nice if you could just go compile the parport
> module(s) and then load them in? Wouldn't it be nice if the kernel
> didn't have to know ahead of time which modules it were possible to
> load?
The modules need some stuff inside the kernel (at least sometimes...).
So this idea is bloat.
OTOH, why not just compile everything under the sun as modules? They just
take up a bit of space on disk. And some time compiling.
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