Re: [orca-list] miscellaneous Orca comments

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Yes, Speakup was modularized years ago. Anyone who doesn't want or need
it can simply not turn it on.

Janina

Rich Caloggero writes:
> OK, thought you had to rebuild the kernel from source. I tried it a few 
> years ago (circa 2.4 kernel on redhat 7.xxx or something) and didn't get 
> very far.  If modules can be dynamically added/removed, then speakup should 
> be in the kernel from the start.
> -- Rich
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina rednote net>
> To: "Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU>
> Cc: "Janina Sajka" <janina rednote net>; "Alex Snow" 
> <lists h14me homelinux net>; <orca-list gnome org>
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] miscellaneous Orca comments
>
>
> > Rich Caloggero writes:
> > > > In any case, integrating Speakup into a distribution should not be a
> > > > distribution level task. It needs to just be there--in the kernel that
> > > > each distro starts with.
> > >
> > > I agree. I also think that people might be nervous about extra stuff in 
> > > the
> > > kernel.  To this end, perhaps an option to remove it,  in initial
> >
> >
> > Rich:
> >
> > Do you not understand how kernel modules work? The command rmmod removes
> > modules. You can do it in a running kernel. The whole point of
> > modularization is to allow adding and removing modules as needed.
> > Janina

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