Re: Installing Optiarc drive

From	Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject	Re: Installing Optiarc drive
Date	2012-06-30 20:41 -0600
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Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> writes:

> J G Miller <miller@yoyo.org> wrote:
>> The Linux kernel has *modules* for providing hardware support.

It has modules for doing lots of things.  Some of them are device
drivers -- there is absolutely nothing Windows-specific about that
term.

>> Why do you think the directory is called /lib/modules
>> and not /lib/drivers?
>
> Modules are dynamically loadable pieces of the kernel. Depending on its
> functionality, a module may (or may not) implement a device driver. A
> device driver is the piece of code responsible for communicating at a
> hardware level with a device.
>
> See http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/. I wouldn't want to try arguing with
> the likes of Greg Kroah-Hartman.

And, of course, it's possible for a device driver to be compiled-in, and
not a module.

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Installing Optiarc drive Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2012-06-28 16:37 -0400
  Re: Installing Optiarc drive J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-06-28 21:15 +0000
    Re: Installing Optiarc drive Thad Floryan <thad@thadlabs.com> - 2012-06-28 21:57 -0700
      Re: Installing Optiarc drive J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-06-29 08:57 +0000
        Re: Installing Optiarc drive Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2012-06-29 10:39 +0100
          Re: Installing Optiarc drive J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-06-29 10:06 +0000
          Re: Installing Optiarc drive Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-06-30 20:41 -0600
        Re: Installing Optiarc drive Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-06-29 11:24 +0100
          Re: Installing Optiarc drive J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-06-29 12:01 +0000
    Re: Installing Optiarc drive Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2012-06-29 06:26 -0400
      Re: Installing Optiarc drive Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-06-30 20:53 -0600
        Re: Installing Optiarc drive Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2012-07-01 17:57 -0400
    Re: Installing Optiarc drive Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2012-06-29 07:37 -0400
      Re: Installing Optiarc drive J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-06-29 12:40 +0000
        Re: Installing Optiarc drive Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2012-07-01 18:04 -0400
          Re: Installing Optiarc drive J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-07-01 22:57 +0000
      Re: Installing Optiarc drive "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2012-06-29 17:16 -0400
        Re: Installing Optiarc drive Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2012-07-01 18:57 -0400
          Re: Installing Optiarc drive J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-07-02 09:32 +0000
            Re: Installing Optiarc drive Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2012-07-02 10:44 -0400
              Re: Installing Optiarc drive J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-07-02 15:44 +0000
                Re: Installing Optiarc drive Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> - 2012-07-04 12:38 -0400
                Re: Installing Optiarc drive J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-07-04 16:52 +0000
      Re: Installing Optiarc drive Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-06-30 20:59 -0600
  Re: Installing Optiarc drive Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-06-30 20:49 -0600

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