Re: make IPV4 modular (was: [2.6 patch] make UNIX a bool)

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 02:31:04PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> Well, not directly topic'ed to CONFIG_UNIX, but if the IPv4 stack was modular
> >> (like IPv6), we'd probably gain some 100 KB and would not have to worry about
> >> CONFIG_UNIX for a while.
> >
> >I doubt making the IPv4 stack modular is worth the trouble, but feel 
> >free to send a patch as a basis for a discussion...
> >
> It would possibly require EXPORT_SYMBOLs, which you seem to be opposed to...

That's not the only point.

There are many cases you have to handle correctly. As a simple example,
CONFIG_W1=y, CONFIG_NET=m or CONFIG_W1=m, CONFIG_NET=m should compile as 
expected.

But hey, it's open source and much is possible. If you think this would 
be important send a patch and we have a basis for a discussion. 
Discussions about probable patches tend to become extremely fruitless.

> Jan Engelhardt

cu
Adrian

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