From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267360AbUIJK6d (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:58:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267359AbUIJK6d (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:58:33 -0400 Received: from open.hands.com ([195.224.53.39]:4328 "EHLO open.hands.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267360AbUIJK5H (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:57:07 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:08:19 +0100 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: seems to be impossible to disable CONFIG_SERIAL [2.6.7] Message-ID: <20040910110819.GE14060@lkcl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-hands-com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-hands-com-MailScanner-SpamScore: s X-MailScanner-From: lkcl@lkcl.net Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org hi, has anyone noticed that it's impossible (without hacking) to remove CONFIG_SERIAL? remove the entries or set all SERIAL config entries to "n"... hit make... CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 gets set to "m", CONFIG_SERIAL gets set to "y"! seeerrrriiialllll muuuusssstttt dieeeeeee kill kill kill. actually there is a serious reason: udev at the moment is taking up a significant amount of startup time (with selinux enhancements) due to the number of entries to create in /dev. if the dbus stuff was enabled as well it would be _even longer_. there are 64 ttys created there are 64 serial devices created. only three of these are actually used on my computer - well two at most: tty0 and tty7. why in hell's name would i want 128 unnecessary devices created? i feel a kernel parameter coming on... l. -- -- Truth, honesty and respect are rare commodities that all spring from the same well: Love. If you love yourself and everyone and everything around you, funnily and coincidentally enough, life gets a lot better. -- lkcl.net
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