9fans archive / 2000 / 11 / 444 prev nextFrom: nemo@gsy... Subject: Crazy idea... or a new project? Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 08:37:45 0000 Another way could be to be able to link the kernel with device drivers before loading it, and keep the kernel just with devices used. I think that could be done by making each driver provide a (user) program to check if the device is there, and linking a second kernel depending on what's there.