Fedora kernel (monolitic or modular)

[jflarm]

I have a question about the Fedora 12 default kernel:
Is it monolitic or is it a modular kernel?
And how do I know witch none is it?

[SlowJet]

The size is a give away. lol
It is monolithic but also uses kernel-modules.

SJ

[Gödel]

so it's both, is the answer.

(ask a dumb question... )

[SlowJet]

No, it is monolithic
The kernel-modules are just lazy programming. lol
SJ

[Gödel]

he probably means to ask is it a microkernel or a monolithic kernel architecture?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolithic_kernel

[forkbomb]

I always thought that the textbook (or Wiki ) answer is that the Linux kernel - no matter what distro - is definitionally monolithic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_k...nical_features

Being monolithic doesn't mean that it's not possible to load up additional modules.

It works. Isn't that good enough?

[jflarm]

Thank you all for the answer. The wikipedia articles help to clarify the issue.