The kernel: Monolithic or Modular
A monolithic kernel is one which has support for all hardware, network, and filesystem compiled into a single image file.
A modular kernel is one which has some drivers compiled as object files, which the kernel can load and remove on demand. Loadable modules are kept in
/lib/modules.-------Commands that can help --------------------
- # lsmod - list currently loaded modules
- # rmmod - remove a single module
- # insmod - insert a single module
- # depmod - create the database of module dependencies
modules.dep - # modprobe -insert a module and dependencies listed in
modules.dep - # modinfo - list information about the author, license type and module parameters
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