de-modularising for the win!

[Kyle McMartin]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 03:18:37PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:51:30 -0400
> Kyle McMartin <kyle at mcmartin.ca> wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > I've got to agree, for ALSA who provide a turnkey package that lets people
> > > test the latest drivers. Our users do compile that package and report back
> > > whether it fixes their problems. We probably shouldn't build any sound drivers
> > > in so they can keep doing that.
> > > 
> > 
> > Heh, we come back to this again... Why can't we do a debug/nodebug style
> > split for rawhide's built-in-ness? For release we do what's best for
> > the silent (core sound modules built in, drivers not, since they're pigs.)
> > majority...
> > 
> 
> There will be complaints if we do anything that keeps people from building and
> running ALSA on the released kernel.
> 

There will be complaints if we keep booting in 1 minute when everyone
else takes 20 seconds. Guess who will be more numerous?