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I don't see a downside for the size of the kernel tree
Yes, in theory there is a downside once a kernel tree gets too big, but I haven't seen any evidence that Linux has gotten too big for its britches. The number of kernel programmers plus their high skill (not to mention the hierarchy in place) has enabled it to get this large without too many problems, and I can see it getting even larger.

And this large size even has advantages in that a common skill set can get you that much farther.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 07/11/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I don't see a downside for the size of the kernel tree  Michael Kelly | 07/11/07
Modular kernel  waltmaine | 07/12/07
Source or object?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/11/07
I thinks its bloated already  kokuryu | 07/11/07
I don't see it as having chased Windows  Michael Kelly | 07/11/07
The drivers are already separate  primary_key | 07/11/07
I'm impressed  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/11/07
LKM  D. T. Schmitz | 07/11/07
Good solution  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/11/07
Configurable Kernel Builder? (Linuxlite?)  dumptux | 07/12/07
xconfig  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/12/07
The answer is...  Knorthern Knight | 07/12/07
Smorgasbord  hummingfrog | 07/11/07
Actually he's a US citizen and lives  maldain | 07/11/07
Finnish-American then  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/11/07
Chances are good that no, he didn't  Linux User 147560 | 07/11/07
OK, He's a US citizen from Finland Who's an Ethnic Swede  dumptux | 07/12/07
I didn't know that...  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/13/07
Nearly 20 years older than MS Windows?  racingmustang | 07/11/07
Not KDE  magcomment | 07/12/07
Exactly!  racingmustang | 07/12/07
Bloat, bloat, bloat. Unfair bundling. Hangem all  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/11/07
Doh!  ibabadur1 | 07/11/07
bloat is bloat...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/11/07
Unlike Windows, vendors can build kernels with any features they want.  DonnieBoy | 07/11/07
Depends: Is Windows Search in Kernelspace or Userspace?  dumptux | 07/12/07
Was it Linux fans?  Michael Kelly | 07/11/07
Point being...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/11/07
Nah  zkiwi | 07/11/07
Exactly like Microsoft  Ole Man | 07/19/07
The kernel is modular, he is referring to a LKM.  B.O.F.H. | 07/11/07
sniff - he! NoAxe's here!  nizuse | 07/12/07
Right back atcha  Ole Man | 07/19/07
Its nice to have a kernel that just works with everything without drivers  George Mitchell | 07/11/07
On what planet?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/11/07
maybe you need IIS  Monkey_MCSE | 07/11/07
That sort of knowledge is above his pay grade.  B.O.F.H. | 07/11/07
Haven't seen much then, have you ?  magcomment | 07/12/07
SuSE 10.2 has had every driver  bjbrock | 07/18/07
finding drivers for my install of Novell  Ole Man | 07/19/07
Software Development Services, Software Solution Provider Company in India  seo.rnd@... | 07/11/07
red Hat has included the emulex drivers for over a year  magcomment | 07/12/07
That's great  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 07/12/07
emulex in Red Hat problems  davidr69 | 07/13/07
It'll be *AVAILABLE*, but...  Knorthern Knight | 07/12/07

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