Problem with that was that you'd run literally every module initialization and occasionally there were some that crashed the kernel.

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piperswe 4 days ago | parent [-]

Only if you compiled your kernel with literally every module. If you compile your kernel with only the modules your system needs, there’s no such issue

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compsciphd 3 days ago | parent [-]

which then made it difficult to upgrade your hardware.

	▲	piperswe 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well yes, when you start customizing Gentoo it tends to make hardware changes more difficult. e.g. march=native makes CPU changes difficult, but it's still very common on Gentoo