Name
MODULES — Enable loadable module support
Description
Kernel modules are small pieces of compiled code that can
be inserted in the running kernel, rather than being
permanently built into the kernel. If you select this option,
many parts of the kernel can be built as modules (by
answering M instead of Y where
indicated): this is most useful for infrequently used options that are
not required for booting. For more information, see Chapter 5,
Configuring and Building
and the manpages for
modprobe,
lsmod,
modinfo,
insmod, and
rmmod.
If you say yes here, you will need to run
make modules_install to put the modules under
/lib/modules where the module tools can find
them.