Are modules faster than built-in featues?

[kuber]

? Would it be faster to have everything set up as a module?

[Malakin]

Having the features compiled into the kernel would be faster but I imagine it would be totally negligible.

[demian]

This is an often discussed topic here. Frankly I must say I don't really know all the technical details about the pros and cons of modules. I just compile the things I know I will use frequently into the kernel and stuff I won't use that much as modules.
Here's (http://people.debian.org/~psg/ddg/node136.html) an excerpt from Dwarf's Guide to Debian GNU/Linux that covers the module issue.

[ 13 April 2001: Message edited by: demian ]

[Nalle]

Actually I've read somewhere that the difference in speed _only_ applies to loading the modules, compared to compiling them into the kernel.

I found that a bit weird, but not impossible really, 'cos it's only different ways of loading the code, really.

[Strike]

Originally posted by Nalle:
<STRONG>Actually I've read somewhere that the difference in speed _only_ applies to loading the modules, compared to compiling them into the kernel.

I found that a bit weird, but not impossible really, 'cos it's only different ways of loading the code, really.</STRONG>
I buy this entirely. I think the kernel is just sitting there waiting for modules to latch on, at which point they are essentially considered part of the kernel. It's just the latching process that has the overhead which slows things down. But that's not as big a deal as having a slim kernel versus a big clunky kernel (IMO).