On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

different for embedded systems: modules are  usually  only  used  for
driver  development,  and  then you will manually load and unload the
driver anyway. I will even go so far to say that if you need  to  run
"depmod"  for  your embedded system you should fix your system design
because you are doing something wrong.

Someone might use loadable modules because he doesn't want to release
his driver under the GPL. I wouldn't exactly consider this wrong.

Regards,
Marius

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