very common kernel modules slow down the boot process

[Bill Nottingham]

Dave Jones (davej at redhat.com) said: 
> Hmm, possibly.   It looks like if the pnp code finds PNP0700 in the BIOS
> that a uevent occurs.   I found /etc/modprobe.d/floppy-pnp which contains
> alias pnp:dPNP0700 floppy
> 
> So yes it looks like disabling that in the BIOS (as long the BIOS stops reporting
> the PNP object) will make it stop being loaded.

So.... why isn't that alias in the driver?

Bill