Monolithic? Modular?

[vhg119]

What would be the difference between building a Monolithic kernel and building a Modular one. Any advantages and speed differences?

[error27]

Actually linux is a monolithic os. hurd is a modular os. The modules in the linux kernel could almost be described as "plugins."

There is no noticable speed differences. It's best to build everything as a module that way when you add hardware you don't have to recompile your kernel.

(I tend to not use modules because I don't like messing around with mod-utils... and i'm too poor to buy new hardware anyways...)